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Does the "convert to text" feature work as nicely and smoothly as advertised in the Remarkable 2 launch video[0]? If yes, then that alone is worth the price for me. I've tried a number of solutions that have claimed to do this over the years and none of them really work.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWY_bwFMxro&feature=youtu.be...

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There are, as you might expect, a few caveats.

The conversion relies on some kind of cloud service (possibly Google's Cloud Vision API). So you need to be connected and there are privacy/security implications. And, it's very dependent on your handwriting. I cannot get coherent results with that feature, but my handwriting is as readable as base64-encoded Perl. I've seen it produce impressively good results when other people try it.

The process itself is indeed smooth, select an item in the menu and a few seconds later you have the text, which can then be emailed.

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