Re: [GTALUG] e-reader recommendations
On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 10:00:10PM -0400, David Mason via talk wrote: >I have a reMarkable [1]https://remarkable.com/ which is great for PDFs, >writing notes, etc. and it will also read. >It’s quite nice. I generally use it instead of paper for notes. You can >even transfer web pages to it (from a Chrome plug-in) to read them in >more comfort. The OP I think would be best served by a tablet (the iPad is great for the needs listed). I've been thinking of getting a reMarkable 2, which has the ability to be a reader for PDF and epub as a side-benefit, for use primarily as a note-taking device. I type much faster than I write, but there is psychological research that shows people learn and retain information better when taking it down by hand, and anyway I'm old enough to prefer taking notes, making lists, sketching on the page, etc. by hand. That's what the reMarkable excels at, and why it is such a success in its niche. If you don't fit that restrictive set of requirements, then it looks like a weirdly expensive limited toy. If you do fit it, it's exactly what you need. I *do* use my iPad for these things, to some extent. But the reMarkable does a, well, remarkable job at simulating paper and the exact experience. -- Peter King peter.k...@utoronto.ca Department of Philosophy 170 St. George Street #521 The University of Toronto (416)-946-3170 ofc Toronto, ON M5R 2M8 CANADA http://individual.utoronto.ca/pking/ = GPG keyID 0x7587EC42 (2B14 A355 46BC 2A16 D0BC 36F5 1FE6 D32A 7587 EC42) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 7587EC42 signature.asc Description: PGP signature --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] e-reader recommendations
Sorry, just noticed I wrote “it will also read” but I didn’t say what! It does epub well… doesn’t do mobi. ../Dave On May 12, 2021, 6:53 AM -0400, o1bigtenor via talk , wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 9:00 PM David Mason via talk wrote: > > > > I have a reMarkable https://remarkable.com/ which is great for PDFs, > > writing notes, etc. and it will also read. > > > > It’s quite nice. I generally use it instead of paper for notes. You can > > even transfer web pages to it (from a Chrome plug-in) to read them in more > > comfort. > > > An interesting tool! > For $750 inc taxes - - - - dunno. > Find the idea that handwriting is wonderful just a little goofy - - - > - my typing is easily 3x my handwriting speed - - - - accuracy is > likely far better than any ocr program as well. > > The limitations of these devices are quite interesting. > The whole genre seems like toys for those with lots of toys. > It would help if technical books were not so expensive and so hard to > get. (Reader use) > Oh well - - - not designed for my kind of uses. > > Regards > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] e-reader recommendations
That looks nice, will definitely have a closer look. John. > -- Original Message -- > From: David Mason via talk > Date: May 11, 2021 at 10:00 PM > > I have a reMarkable https://remarkable.com/ which is great for PDFs, > writing notes, etc. and it will also read. > > It’s quite nice. I generally use it instead of paper for notes. You can > even transfer web pages to it (from a Chrome plug-in) to read them in more > comfort. > > ../Dave > On May 11, 2021, 6:27 PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen via talk > , wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 01:40:03PM -0400, Trevor Woerner via talk > > > wrote: > > > > > > > As I expected, there's lots of really good feedback :-) > > > > > > I should have clarified that I have lots and lots of tablets > > > and phones and > > > all those sorts of devices, but I've never had an e-reader and > > > I'm curious > > > enough to at least want to try one (mostly for battery life, > > > eye strain, > > > and general impressions). Ideally I could just buy one and it > > > would be > > > great, rather than having to try a bunch of them before > > > finding one I like > > > :-) > > > > > > > > Well if you want something with great battery life > > > > > that is great for > > reading ebooks in daylight, an ereader is great. For the things you > > listed though, they are useless. > > > > So if you want to carry 200 books with you, they are fantastic. They > > remember what page you were on in each book. Very handy for book > > worms. > > > > They are very much not generic computing devices at all though. They > > do > > one thing well and that's it. I know sony tried doing mp3 support > > for > > audio books on early models and dropped it later since it drained > > the > > battery and was no match for an ipod shuffle for audio books. > > > > -- > > Len Sorensen > > --- > > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > > > > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] e-reader recommendations
On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 9:00 PM David Mason via talk wrote: > > I have a reMarkable https://remarkable.com/ which is great for PDFs, writing > notes, etc. and it will also read. > > It’s quite nice. I generally use it instead of paper for notes. You can even > transfer web pages to it (from a Chrome plug-in) to read them in more comfort. > An interesting tool! For $750 inc taxes - - - - dunno. Find the idea that handwriting is wonderful just a little goofy - - - - my typing is easily 3x my handwriting speed - - - - accuracy is likely far better than any ocr program as well. The limitations of these devices are quite interesting. The whole genre seems like toys for those with lots of toys. It would help if technical books were not so expensive and so hard to get. (Reader use) Oh well - - - not designed for my kind of uses. Regards --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
