So I made my own alpha smart with a Raspberry Pi 400. For focused writing when my ADHD is going wild, also when I need to remove any distractions to get things done. features:
- Word Processor
- Dictionary search tool
- basic Network Connectivity for file transferring
- Web based file browser for transferring documents
I want to get some feed back and suggestions on improvements. also anyone think this could be a good product. maybe with a E-Ink screen and a mechanical keyboard.
Links: https://blog.ascosilinux.com/the-pi-writer-400 https://git.ascosilinux.com/batvin321/CLI-typewriter-app/releases/tag/0.1
Thanks for the response. Yes I am using dialog as a TUI menu to launch wordgrinder and launch a web based file manager. I have done the sneaker net approach to transferring files over usb, it’s less steps to select a menu option walk to my laptop and download the file from my webbrowser. I do agree that the screen is small. I have run the script on a corebooted chromebook. I should continue doing that. BTW the script is rewritten in nix and packaged into an appimage because I’m a sucker for pain.
Sorry if I missed anything. It is a lot to respond to.
Oh cool!
Seeing your affinity for nix, I’d go with nixos, either it is on the raspberry or a laptop, and then boot into sway, then have it open the terminal on boot, kitty, or another similar terminal.
Id probably hyper focus on making the perfect nixos config, I’m unsure if I would want to have it part of my main flake or a separate flake
The script is already written into a flake. Also I have been playing with a Kmscon for better font rendering and the ability to zoom in and out with Ctrl+ and ctrl- in the TTY Here is the flake (its only setup to compile for x86 as of now) https://git.ascosilinux.com/batvin321/CLI-typewriter-app