Playbooks
Can Boox Apps Track Your Stroke-Order Mistakes?
Boox e-ink tablets are lovely for writing, but their native note apps don't check stroke order. Here is what they can and can't do, and the workaround.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Essays
Can a Kindle Scribe Grade Your Chinese Handwriting?
A Kindle Scribe is a lovely e-ink notebook, but it captures ink without grading it. It cannot check stroke order or score your characters. For that you need a dedicated practice app.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
Is E-Ink a Good ADHD Surface for Amnesia Recovery?
E-ink's calm, low-stimulation, no-notification screen suits ADHD focus, and it's a fine surface to recover character amnesia, as long as you pair it with a grading app and produce from memory.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
Does E-Ink Refresh Rate Matter for Writing Practice?
E-ink's slow refresh causes lag and ghosting that hurt fast tracing animations, but it matters far less for from-memory writing, where the value is producing the character, not smooth playback.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
Custom E-Ink Practice Templates: Useful, Up to a Point
A good writing-grid template for your e-ink tablet genuinely helps the writing surface. A custom tracking dashboard does not help the learning. Here is which to make and which to skip.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Essays
An Onyx Boox Runs Android, So It Can Grade Your Hanzi
Unlike a closed e-reader, an Onyx Boox runs Android, so it can install a real writing-practice app. That means e-ink calm plus actual stroke grading, the checking a notebook alone can't do.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
Chinese Handwriting Practice on the reMarkable 2
The reMarkable 2 is a beautiful paper-like writing slate, but it runs PDFs, not apps. Here is how to practise Chinese on it, and the one thing it cannot do.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
A reMarkable Template for Chinese Writing: What It Can't Do
Want a reMarkable 2 template with a Chinese writing grid? It gives a calm surface, but a static template cannot check your strokes. Here is the honest trade-off.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Essays
A Screenless E-Ink Slate Just for Chinese Writing?
An e-ink slate is wonderful for distraction-free writing, but it captures ink without grading it. For learning, you still need stroke feedback and spacing. Here is how to combine them.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
Tian Zi Ge Grids for Chinese Writing on a Supernote
The dotted grid you want for Chinese practice has a name: tian zi ge. It guides proportion and placement, but a Supernote draws the grid without grading what you put in it.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Essays
A Synced Digital Notebook Won't Recover Your Amnesia
Syncing your handwriting notebook across devices is convenient, but a synced archive still captures ink without testing recall. Character amnesia recovery needs from-memory production, not sync.
Lawrence Arya··5 min