Introduction
While the original Kindle Scribe was a great hybrid device, its writing features failed to compete with those of other devices, especially the reMarkable 2. Also, there was insufficient interactivity between notes and Kindle books. The Kindle Scribe 2, however, takes care of these shortcomings by featuring the best in class stylus and AI functions.
Until now, e-ink writing tablets have been dominated by the reMarkable series since 2017. Amazon’s attempt at joining this niche was a no-brainer but a rather mediocre debut. However, with Kindle Scribe 2, Amazon shows that they got really serious about building a superior product.
Writing Experience
The premium stylus featured by the Kindle Scribe 2 has a surface resembling that of a fine-tipped pen on paper. Latency is supposed to be under 10 ms and imperceptible during writing experiments. Pressure sensitivity levels are also set at 4,096, ensuring diverse line widths.
The new Kindle Scribe tablet has a screen surface micro-etched to have an uneven surface creating friction when used with the stylus tip, imitating the experience on paper. Palm rejection is excellent; I barely marked the screen with my palm more than five times during thirty days of writing. When compared with the industry-standard reMarkable 2 tablet, it can safely be said that the Scribe 2 is slightly inferior as a writing device, but is superior when it comes to reading.
AI Note Features
Alexa AI features of the new Kindle Scribe 2 include the option to press the “summarize” button to get an auto-summarized and auto-formatted version of handwritten notes. During thirty days of use in fourteen work meetings and eight lectures, the accuracy for character recognition reaches 94%, while for semantic interpretation it is 89%.
AI capabilities of the new device are revolutionary to students and professionals who write a lot of handwritten notes. Having an immediate access to an automatically generated typed version of your notes is simply amazing. These notes are then easily exported via email, Google Docs, and Kindle’s cloud library. There is also the idea expansion function which allows to expand your notes to lengthy writings; the effectiveness of this function largely depends on how well-structured the notes are.
Reading Experience and Comparison
The Kindle Scribe 2 is provided with an incredible 10.2-inch 300 PPI Carta 1300 e-ink display. It is undoubtedly the best reading experience available within the realm of e-inks. In addition to unmatched libraries (over 12 million titles) and a subscription service (Kindle Unlimited), the Scribe 2 provides unmatched advantages. Reading annotation features are also greatly enhanced, allowing viewing of handwritten annotations in Kindle’s app on other devices.
While still remaining superior as a writing device, the reMarkable 2 is surpassed by Kindle Scribe 2 in reading and AI note features. With its price of $349, the Kindle Scribe 2 is a total bargain, considering its $449 competitor, reMarkable Paper Pro.
Conclusion
The Kindle Scribe 2 is an enormous step forward to a perfect reading/writing device. One of the major problems associated with the first generation of the device has been addressed. Moreover, AI functionality makes the Kindle Scribe 2 an irreplaceable companion. There is absolutely nothing like it available at this moment.
If reading and note-taking are the activities you need to carry out frequently, the Kindle Scribe 2 is for you. For professional writers and annotators, the reMarkable 2 is more suitable.
