Paul Lagier built a tiny note-taking device with an e-ink display, a couple of buttons, and no significant functionality except recording what you say to it, organizing and playing it back, and sending you the text of it.
"Just press a button, speak, and the device saves everything directly onto the SD card," Lagier writes. "Once connected to WiFi, it can even transcribe recordings using AI and sync them to a minimal web interface."
The AI transcription will be a No for some of us, but the entire device is made with readily-available components like the Waveshare ESP32 E-Ink board, so if you want to make your own, you can roll your own endgame (such as uploading to a human transcription service.) The appeal of such devices is, after all, all about creating limitations that help you nudge yourself into better habits.
Previously:
• Write your calendar on e-ink instead of your phone
• Ink Console is a portable e-ink gamebook console
• 16k people are still using their e-ink Pebble watches
• Guy built an e-ink subway display so he didn't have to keep unlocking his phone
• How to make a DIY e-ink picture frame that displays random AI art
