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I’d love to do a similar project with a Newton eMate - there’s easily enough space in the case for a pi, battery pack and any other bits needed, and it’s possib

I’d love to do a similar project with a Newton eMate - there’s easily enough space in the case for a pi, battery pack and any other bits needed, and it’s possible to get colour touch screens the same size as the old one. Just need the time and skill to make it happen.

WillAdams 3y ago
The problem is the software --- there doesn't seem to be any decent opensource handwriting recognition software --- Cellwriter leaves a lot to be desired, and the one project which worked well required copying a DLL for HWR from Windows Vista. To say nothing of Newton Intelligence and the wonderful note-taking and calendar and so forth. It kills me that my Kindle Scribe is so limited compared to my Newton MessagePad.
- girvo 3y ago
  > It kills me that my Kindle Scribe is so limited compared to my Newton MessagePad. My Boox Note 2 (which is somewhat old now, released late 2019) is much more fully featured, but again it still has mostly the same problem despite having full-fat Android at your stylus-tip; most of the software isn't made for this kind of user interaction. The software that is (the reader, the note-taking software, etc. that Boox wrote) is excellent. Which makes it all the more sad that there's so little that is written to take advantage of it.
- rtpg 3y ago
  A fun project would be to somehow use the Newton ROM and some emulation layer to get this stuff working on your tablet. Don't know how feasible it is
  - guestbest 3y ago
    The people who developed the newton handwriting recognition went on to work with WinCe and it has been embedded in every device with a touch screen since at least wince 5 when they started calling it windows mobile. It must have been written in C++
  - Someone 3y ago
    Einstein (https://github.com/pguyot/Einstein https://github.com/pguyot/Einstein) supports iOS and partially supports Android. Watching https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SB_2DnLVFYI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SB_2DnLVFYI it doesn’t look performant, though.
- itomato 3y ago
  Why not run Einstein and emulate an eMate 300?
  - WillAdams 3y ago
    How do you run third party software on a Kindle Scribe?
ChickeNES 3y ago
Probably a better idea to print a replica these days, they regularly go for $200+ USD these days

WillAdams 3y ago

The problem is the software --- there doesn't seem to be any decent opensource handwriting recognition software --- Cellwriter leaves a lot to be desired, and the one project which worked well required copying a DLL for HWR from Windows Vista. To say nothing of Newton Intelligence and the wonderful note-taking and calendar and so forth. It kills me that my Kindle Scribe is so limited compared to my Newton MessagePad.

girvo 3y ago
> It kills me that my Kindle Scribe is so limited compared to my Newton MessagePad. My Boox Note 2 (which is somewhat old now, released late 2019) is much more fully featured, but again it still has mostly the same problem despite having full-fat Android at your stylus-tip; most of the software isn't made for this kind of user interaction. The software that is (the reader, the note-taking software, etc. that Boox wrote) is excellent. Which makes it all the more sad that there's so little that is written to take advantage of it.
rtpg 3y ago
A fun project would be to somehow use the Newton ROM and some emulation layer to get this stuff working on your tablet. Don't know how feasible it is
- guestbest 3y ago
  The people who developed the newton handwriting recognition went on to work with WinCe and it has been embedded in every device with a touch screen since at least wince 5 when they started calling it windows mobile. It must have been written in C++
- Someone 3y ago
  Einstein (https://github.com/pguyot/Einstein https://github.com/pguyot/Einstein) supports iOS and partially supports Android. Watching https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SB_2DnLVFYI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SB_2DnLVFYI it doesn’t look performant, though.
itomato 3y ago
Why not run Einstein and emulate an eMate 300?
- WillAdams 3y ago
  How do you run third party software on a Kindle Scribe?

ChickeNES 3y ago

Probably a better idea to print a replica these days, they regularly go for $200+ USD these days