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+## Scarlet Exporter
+
+This is a simple Python utility to export notes from an Android
+note-taking app, [Scarlet Notes][ScarletPlayStore]. It currently only
+supports a single output format, the one used by Notable.
+
+I liked Scarlet Notes a lot till the recent update, which radically changed the interface, replacing the good old monospaced fonts with
+sans serif and adding lots of popups and suggestions I didn't like. So
+I wrote this little tool to export all of my notes to Notable.
+
+#### Usage
+
+First export your notes from Scarlet in the plain text format. Then run:
+
+    % python -m scarlet_export -o OUTPUTDIR exported_file.txt
+
+#### License
+
+See [this file](LICENSE).
+
+[ScarletPlayStore]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bijoysingh.quicknote "Link to Google Play Store"