I bought a Freewrite smart typewriter

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Hi Vincenzo,

Thanks for sharing your experience so far. I hope the situation improves for you!

The Freewrite has intriqued me since it was released, but ultimately I never aquired one. Sticking points being:

  • The steep price tag
  • Being forced to use Astrohaus’ cloud for acessing certain device settings and interfacing with other cloud services (what happens if this tiny company & their cloud service goes away?)
  • Reviews stating that Customer Support seems to be very hit and miss (unfortunately, so far, your experience seems to be on the ‘miss’ end :anguished:)

Ultimately, I compromised by writing an AutoHotKey script for Scrivener that kinda sorta replicates the Freewrite’s ‘go forward only’ approach. The script is activated via F10; all it does is disable most keys required for editing. :nerd_face:

I hope the next unit they send you is flawless.

Best,
Jim

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