reMarkable 2 e-ink tablet

[tredders]

I’ve got a Remarkable 2 and have had it for about year. Excellent tool which I use every day.

If anyone has any questions on the Remarkable, let me know.

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[pete-r]

Used one for about a year also, it's fantastic for what it does

[cman]

A year or so on, how are you reMarkable 2 owners getting on with it?

Question 1: Can you search/tag all your notes to find them with ease? Thinking of buying one for wife, primarily to capture recipes, but would only be useful if they can be found via key word searching or at worst, a tagging system.

Question 2: Can you embed URLs, for example, to YouTube videos, in your notes? If so, do they open? It not, perhaps an iPad with OneNote or similar might be better.

[cman]

A year or so on, how are you reMarkable 2 owners getting on with it?

Question 1: Can you search/tag all your notes to find them with ease? Thinking of buying one for wife, primarily to capture recipes, but would only be useful if they can be found via key word searching or at worst, a tagging system.

Question 2: Can you embed URLs, for example, to YouTube videos, in your notes? If so, do they open? It not, perhaps an iPad with OneNote or similar might be better.

1 is more important than 2 if anyone is able to assist. Perhaps the silence is telling...!

[hughtrimble]

I've not used the tagging system, but it does exist. The search function in the main documents area only searches titles, it doesn't search for words within the PDF documents themselves or tags. There is a 'Find' function for words when you're actually within a PDF though.

The tags, having literally just tried for the first time, tags individual pages or entire documents. I can't see a way to search tags, it looks like you have to click on the tag which will then show documents and pages that have been tagged with that particular tag.

Embedded URLs don't open browser pages. They work to take you to pages within the document (like a contents page, if appropriately linked) but there is no web browser on which to view anything, or an ability to play videos. I don't see why you couldn't put in a URL, but I don't know how you'd test it was functioning without then opening the document on a suitable device.

I still have mine, use it very infrequently but I find it useful for accessing PDFs when away from my laptop especially during meetings and conferences etc. It's handy having notes to hand wherever you are in a compact format like this. I suggest seeing it as an ereader with added functions rather than a tablet for reading on.

[cman]

I've not used the tagging system, but it does exist. The search function in the main documents area only searches titles, it doesn't search for words within the PDF documents themselves or tags. There is a 'Find' function for words when you're actually within a PDF though.

The tags, having literally just tried for the first time, tags individual pages or entire documents. I can't see a way to search tags, it looks like you have to click on the tag which will then show documents and pages that have been tagged with that particular tag.

Embedded URLs don't open browser pages. They work to take you to pages within the document (like a contents page, if appropriately linked) but there is no web browser on which to view anything, or an ability to play videos. I don't see why you couldn't put in a URL, but I don't know how you'd test it was functioning without then opening the document on a suitable device.

I still have mine, use it very infrequently but I find it useful for accessing PDFs when away from my laptop especially during meetings and conferences etc. It's handy having notes to hand wherever you are in a compact format like this. I suggest seeing it as an ereader with added functions rather than a tablet for reading on.

Thanks very much for your helpful reply and for testing out the tagging. Appreciated!

If the search function only searches across Titles rather than across all content then I'm beginning to think its not the the best device to be the one-stop-shop for writing up home recipies, where ideally one should be able to search for one ingredient and be returned with all dishes (they wrote up) that contains that food item.

Tagging could serve that purpose in part, but it seems it would perhaps a primitive search, i.e. tagging recipies as 'breakfast' or 'dinner' and then being able to view them that way. Not quite fully fledged as the list of returned documents with tag 'dinner' could be very long (in good time).

Thanks nevertheless for your help.

[hughtrimble]

Thanks very much for your helpful reply and for testing out the tagging. Appreciated!

If the search function only searches across Titles rather than across all content then I'm beginning to think its not the the best device to be the one-stop-shop for writing up home recipies, where ideally one should be able to search for one ingredient and be returned with all dishes (they wrote up) that contains that food item.

Tagging could serve that purpose in part, but it seems it would perhaps a primitive search, i.e. tagging recipies as 'breakfast' or 'dinner' and then being able to view them that way. Not quite fully fledged as the list of returned documents with tag 'dinner' could be very long (in good time).

Thanks nevertheless for your help.

No worries at all. It depends how the home recipes were being written, but if you think they'll be edited or added to using a word processor, then I'd suggest a different device. The integration with such programmes is there, but it's very basic. Some functions are also limited to paying the 'Connect' subscription which is £2.99 per month or so.