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There is also the Freewrite, its a little expensive but is targeted to English speakers: https://getfreewrite.com/ https://getfreewrite.com/
by inyorgroove 6y ago
There is also the Freewrite, its a little expensive but is targeted to English speakers: https://getfreewrite.com/ https://getfreewrite.com/
- double0jimb0 6y agoThe Cherry mechanical switches are big plus on the Freewrite. AlphaSmart uses membrane switches, a deal killer for some.
- DoingIsLearning 6y agoToo each their own, you could argue the noise and downward force required on a cherry mechanical keyboard is a deal killer for some.
- AstroAdam 6y agoFreewrite supports at least 35 languages via configurable layouts in software: https://support.getfreewrite.com/article/27-freewrite-keyboard-layouts https://support.getfreewrite.com/article/27-freewrite-keyboa...
- Digory 6y agoBeautiful, but $400 is steep for a monotasker. I'd gladly let students use these in a class, though, as an alternative to notepads. Which probably says something about the rise of keyboards and the fall of handwriting; I get that ASCII is more useful than paper, but $400 buys a lot of luxurious pens and paper.
- BolexNOLA 6y agoProduces a lot of lost pens and paper in waste bins though!
- splintercell 6y agoCheck out the fountain pen thread from last week.
- carterschonwald 6y agoLink please ? :) Granted I’m a huge user of fountain pens and note books already :)
- splintercell 6y agoThere you go: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23497259 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23497259