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Tiny E-ink note-taking gadget [1]

['Rob Beschizza']

Date: 2026-05-29  

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

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