[sigwinch28]

This seems more like a word processor than a typewriter. The author seems to concede that this isn't a typewriter at all:

> However, using a typewriter comes with two major shortcomings: 1) You cannot delete a typo. I know you do a lot of those, no need to expose this nasty behaviour to everybody’s face. 2) You cannot share the text you wrote online, be it on your website or on any other social platform.

Also, I am not a fan of the bulky wooden case, but I get that some people would be. I think that this would be a great opportunity to take inspiration from devices like the iPad (Pro) and Nintendo switch: perhaps the meat of the device (display, electronics, connectors) could be in a single unit, with a detachable keyboard of some kind. Then, people would be free to create their own "docks" out of wood, old model M keyboards, pipe organs or whatever which could connect to this device using a single connector.

That aside, I really like the concept: hacker-friendly open design, a "more pure" writing experience, and a "real" operating system underneath it all which can be modified by the user.

[simias]

I assume it's sort of in-between the typewriter and modern word processor experience: you can undo what you type and insert text for instance, but given the slow refresh rate of the screen it will be tedious so you'll probably want to limit it as much as possible.

As such I think it can work well for people looking for a "typewriter" in order not to be distracted while they're writing something. Just throw your thoughts on e-paper and edit them properly later on a real computer. So obviously technologically-speaking it's much closer to a computer than it is to a typewriter, but usability-wise the parallel might be more obvious.

My main issue with this design is that the screen is too small IMO, but of course I assume that large e-ink screens must be quite costly.

[sigwinch28]

I have a colleague who uses an ~A4 e-reader with a digital pen/pencil thing for reading academic papers.

He claims it allows him to focus on the work, keep backup copies of his notes (he can draw right on the PDFs and then save them to "the cloud", I think), and although it has an experimental web browser, he keeps it in Airplane mode when working.

[earthboundkid]

Almost certainly, it is the ReMarkable: https://remarkable.com

[sigwinch28]

It is!

[kd5bjo]

Digital typewriters with editing capabilities were widely available from the 1970’s. While I certainly appreciate this as a hobby project, the idea that digital typewriters are new or novel is misinformed.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter#Electronic%20Type...

[grawprog]

Well, you could rip the backspace and delete keys off, write protect the SD card so files can't be saved and hook a printer up to it and you'd have most of the inconveniences of an actual typewriter.