It's not clear if FW 3.0 needs WiFI and a server connection for the reMarkable:
https://support.remarkable.com/s/art...re-release-3-0
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A new writing experience
In addition to the different writing tools that work with your Marker, you can add structure to your handwritten notes using typed text. Use the on-screen keyboard to write in a clear typeface in three different sizes for adding titles, subheadings, and bullet points to notes.
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Please note that you’ll need the latest version of our desktop app, and version 3.0 installed on your reMarkable to view your synced documents.
A Connect subscription is required to type in the desktop app.
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Not only a sub, but it doesn't work on Linux.
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The desktop app can be installed on the following operating systems:
Windows 10 and newer
macOS 10.13 and newer
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Handwriting Conversion
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Make sure your reMarkable is up to date
Software version 3.0 is required to use this feature and save converted notes to your reMarkable. Learn how to update your device here.
For devices running earlier software versions, the handwriting conversion features may not work exactly as described below.
Supported content
You can convert handwritten notes in your notebooks, and in note pages you’ve added to your PDFs or ebooks.
Wi-Fi connection and cloud account are required
You need to be connected to a Wi-Fi network and logged in to a reMarkable account (my.remarkable.com) to use this feature.
Step-by-step guide to converting notes into text
1. Open your notebook, ebook, or PDF to the page containing the handwritten notes you want to convert.
2. Tap the Share and convert icon, then Convert notes to text. Your converted notes will be added as a new page.
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It's still rubbish compared to the Kobo Elipsa or Kobo Sage.
One advantage of the reMarkable over the Kindle Sage is that it uses regular PDFs. The "notebooks" are also PDFs. Except there is no USB MS or USB MTP, it uses USB networking and an onboard Webserver. You use the webpage to it over USB to download PDFs from it, or drag & drop any PDF to a folder, so unlike the Scribe it can be used securely without out Internet (but probably not for Handwriting conversion). The Nebo system used by the Kobo Sage & Elipsa exports docx, text, html etc direct to local storage or Dropbox. It does maths, checkboxes and shape conversion too. The Kobo Basic Notebook is more like the reMarkable notebook as it's images only exported as PNG or PDF (local storage or Dropbox).
The Lenovo sounds far better than the reMarkable or the Kindle Scribe.