I really like the writing experience with the Remarkable but it has what are (for me) some fatal flaws:

  • the handwriting to text feature is really impressive but having to do it manually every time is painful and even worse is that it does not respect any formatting, just mashing all my text together into one block
  • the search is unusable - why can’t I search for tags or text within a notebook?! I have notebooks tagged to a client name and I also take notes from a sales call which talks about all the clients - I can’t search for “Client X” and find all mentions of them
  • handwriting looks great on the tablet but from my PC at default resolution it looks dreadful - hard to read even

It’s unfortunately - the hardware is fantastic but the implementation seems subpar to me :-(

  • Marpicek@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I am probably late to the conversation, but anyway…

    The write to text is not by reMarkable. It is powered by a 3rd party app and there is only so much about it they can do. However yes, while it can decipher a lot, the lack of respect for formatting is rendering it more or less useless for anything but a basic notes.

    I dont agree with you on the handwriting on PC. I am sometimes using my RM notes during a Zoom presentations instead of making a powerpoint. So far no-one had a complaint.

    The overall lack of software features is the main thing dragging this tablet down. I know they are marketing it as minimalistic, but holy hell they refuse to implement even the most basic quality of life improvements for some strange reason. What’s making it even worse is that the company is not in touch with the community. There are some great ideas floating in this very sub, but the developers are not here to read them or communicate at all.