Please correct me if I am wrong, but the speed with which the characters are showing up on that middle eink display, when typing on that freewrite, is not that fast? To me it looks like RMPP display would show the characters faster, when using Type Folio for typing, no? I think on the "real typing machines", the delay is minimal? I guess there are multiple types of those machines exist, and I think there are some that uses the heat to stamp the characters into the paper, but the delay of typing is minimal there?
I don't own the reMPP folio, but only the reM2 folio. Even this one shows the characters faster than the Freewrite. If you can write very fast this could be an issue - though I am a slow typist. On the reM2 there is some strange "blurryness" while typing, but I cannot tell about the reMPP unformtunately.
@@Artellico Understood. Yes, to me, the writing on RMPP with Type Folio was great, especially in the horizontal mode and with the pretty speedy zoom (given faster hardware)
You seem to be hitting a lot of topics of interest! During the COVID-19 lockdowns I pulled out the mechanical typewriter I had purchased in the 1990s and fell in love. Now I own several. I love typing on them, and I have several as repair projects. I love the plain, uncomplicated writing, and it's so much faster than handwriting! The tactile feedback is amazing, and I can use OCR to convert the text to computer text, and I've had good luck. One of my frivolous COVID-19 purchases, besides the reMarkable was a Freewrite. I actually do like typing on it. It is a similar feeling to the mechanical typewriters, especially my handful that are electric. But, with OCR, it is less desirable. But it is a really nice tool for typing, and so much nicer than a laptop keyboard. I did try using LaTeX on one of these. It was...okay. But I prefer writing text on this device and adding the LaTeX on a computer. I'm working on a historical document using LaTeX. I know it's for math and science, but it's the tool I know. I'm finding that creating the text is working well. I try to do LaTeX for the margin notes, but otherwise, for anything else I prefer to wait until it's on the laptop. This document has a lot of pictures and I like to test them right away. LaTeX isn't friendly for images.
Its limitations are marketed as advantages. I do not agree. When will some brand release a screen like the just released Kindle paperwhite (2024), which has a very responsive e-ink, which can be paied it with a TKL keyboard that can be remapped (like VIA compatible). And software with vim installed and configurable via a terminal?
Thanks for your comment. While I doubt that this is fully meeting your requirements (vim), there is an open-source project currently open for crowdfunding, which is based on an Arduino platform and advertises an almost no-lag e-ink screen. The Arduino platform will definitely open this device for creative implementations, but may be a "hacker" device requiring some level of programming or at least customization ... But it looks promising. www.crowdsupply.com/zerowriter/zerowriter-ink
This looks more like the product of one of those ADHD "hyperfocus on how to do the thing better instead of just doing the thing" episodes than a productivity hack lmao. Cool gadget tho!
I read a lot these days about ADHD - seems to be very "popular" - but I don't really know exactly what it is. But having this "gadget" and just being able to write without temptation to do anything else is really very helpful ... just the price kills it.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but the speed with which the characters are showing up on that middle eink display, when typing on that freewrite, is not that fast? To me it looks like RMPP display would show the characters faster, when using Type Folio for typing, no?
I think on the "real typing machines", the delay is minimal? I guess there are multiple types of those machines exist, and I think there are some that uses the heat to stamp the characters into the paper, but the delay of typing is minimal there?
I don't own the reMPP folio, but only the reM2 folio. Even this one shows the characters faster than the Freewrite. If you can write very fast this could be an issue - though I am a slow typist.
On the reM2 there is some strange "blurryness" while typing, but I cannot tell about the reMPP unformtunately.
@@Artellico Understood. Yes, to me, the writing on RMPP with Type Folio was great, especially in the horizontal mode and with the pretty speedy zoom (given faster hardware)
You seem to be hitting a lot of topics of interest!
During the COVID-19 lockdowns I pulled out the mechanical typewriter I had purchased in the 1990s and fell in love. Now I own several. I love typing on them, and I have several as repair projects. I love the plain, uncomplicated writing, and it's so much faster than handwriting! The tactile feedback is amazing, and I can use OCR to convert the text to computer text, and I've had good luck.
One of my frivolous COVID-19 purchases, besides the reMarkable was a Freewrite. I actually do like typing on it. It is a similar feeling to the mechanical typewriters, especially my handful that are electric. But, with OCR, it is less desirable. But it is a really nice tool for typing, and so much nicer than a laptop keyboard.
I did try using LaTeX on one of these. It was...okay. But I prefer writing text on this device and adding the LaTeX on a computer. I'm working on a historical document using LaTeX. I know it's for math and science, but it's the tool I know. I'm finding that creating the text is working well. I try to do LaTeX for the margin notes, but otherwise, for anything else I prefer to wait until it's on the laptop. This document has a lot of pictures and I like to test them right away. LaTeX isn't friendly for images.
Its limitations are marketed as advantages. I do not agree. When will some brand release a screen like the just released Kindle paperwhite (2024), which has a very responsive e-ink, which can be paied it with a TKL keyboard that can be remapped (like VIA compatible). And software with vim installed and configurable via a terminal?
Thanks for your comment. While I doubt that this is fully meeting your requirements (vim), there is an open-source project currently open for crowdfunding, which is based on an Arduino platform and advertises an almost no-lag e-ink screen. The Arduino platform will definitely open this device for creative implementations, but may be a "hacker" device requiring some level of programming or at least customization ... But it looks promising.
www.crowdsupply.com/zerowriter/zerowriter-ink
Waiting for that Mossad update. :)
I am happy for any update soon, just a little bit clueless about the M-word :-)
fantastic
This looks more like the product of one of those ADHD "hyperfocus on how to do the thing better instead of just doing the thing" episodes than a productivity hack lmao. Cool gadget tho!
I read a lot these days about ADHD - seems to be very "popular" - but I don't really know exactly what it is. But having this "gadget" and just being able to write without temptation to do anything else is really very helpful ... just the price kills it.
I’m not worthy of this device.
amazing... 649$ "typewriter" with wifi.
I know, hard to recommend at full price, still a great device for what it does. I would say 300$ is what it should cost.