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Does anyone here use E ink / e-Paper tablets for their daily writing tasks?
armandine2:
I don't use my reMarkable2 as a daily notebook.
But I've occasionally scribbled things in which you can tidy up easily enough.
See attached for example of my copy of Mr Carlson's Dave CAD
SiliconWizard:
I remember an earlier discussion about those tablets already.
First point it to be aware of their suibscription-based schemes: most of them now have those, and often some features are limited if you don't take a subscription.
As to usability, I personally don't like that. I would have liked to, but it just doesn't work.
If I need to keep handwritten notes in digital form, I'll just scan them. Most desktop printers now have an embedded scanner that is more than good enough for this task.
As to cost and environment, it would take probably a lifetime of use to make it cheaper or more environmentally friendly than pens an paper. Unless maybe you handwrite thousands of pages a month. I know I don't.
bd139:
Yeah don’t do it for the environment. I do it because I don’t want 11 crates of paperwork lying around.
PlainName:
--- Quote ---I'd go with the flow and buy an iPad and Apple Pencil and use GoodNotes.
--- End quote ---
That's one option I look at but ISTR falling at the sync hurdle. I am Windows based, don't do anything Apple and don't want iTunes or iCloud or whatever. Just copy as pdf to some network share would be fine.
What're the options along those lines?
bd139:
Export as PDF is there. Just throw it at OneDrive or Dropbox or something on the iPad and it’ll arrive on your PC instantly. Or there’s Files app that ships with it which can connect to a network share. If your printer has AirPrint you can just print it from the device as well.
You don’t have to use anything iCloud or apple for sync. It’s a rather well disguised standalone fully blown computer.
If you’re not going to embrace some of the ecosystem it’s probably better to walk away though. Most of the advantages come from the integration. As I use a mac, what I write is on my desktop computer as I write it for example.
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