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Products that do what A pen that digitizes handwriting on any paper does

Our team has been working on Nuwa Pen for a while, and we're excited to share that we are in pre-order. The reception at CES was amazing, so I thought I'd share it with you too.

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nuka▲320
the last notebook you will ever buy
2021
2
Sony Digital Paper▲375
Reinventing paper. Sony's e-ink tablet.
2017
3
Paper 3.0▲781
The new sticky note
2015
4
reMarkable▲401
The paper tablet for people who prefer paper.
2017
5
Handwriting.io▲355
Real handwriting without the pen – no robots, all software
2015
6
The Paper Pen▲132
Sustainable pens for people and businesses ♻️
2019
7
Stickies Capture by Miro▲269
Digitize and edit handwritten sticky notes
2020
8
Bulletpen▲480
Write great essays while you yap
2025
9
Penjo 3.0 - Pencil Journal▲132
Daily planner & agenda now with text recognition and search
2024
10
Paper 4.0▲181
Arrange sketches and notes in your online journal
2017
11
Notud▲88
The paperless paper notepad
2020
12
Massless Pen▲78
A pen for drawing in virtual reality
2019
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Handwriter.ttf – Handwriting Synthesis with Harfbuzz WASM▲191
During the hype of llama.ttf months ago, I was speculating the potential of WASM shaper for even crazier purpose, one that fitter to a font shaper's duty -- to synthesize font at runtime. This project as proof-of-concept implements a synthesizer that generates and rasterizes handwriting-style font, backed by a super-lightweight RNN model (~14MiB).
2024 · github.com
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Pennen▲122
One quiet handwritten page a day. No feed, no AI.
Jul 2026 · pennen.app
15
Handwrytten▲154
Notes written in pen at scale
2020
16
Paper▲143
A 200-page digital notebook for journaling and writing
Jan 2026
17
N2 Smartpen▲93
Writes on paper but also mirrors into smart devices.
2014
18
WallSync Capture▲124
Digitise your handwritten notes instantly
2019
19
Notebook for Web▲224
The beautifully simple note-taking app. Now on the Web.
2017
20
Writey Handwriting ▲60
Learn and practice alphabet, cursive, and calligraphy
Feb 2026
21
Kindly Ink▲249
Create handwritten letters on iPad
2024
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Brill 2.0▲241
From sticky notes to anywhere 200x faster than typing
2019
23
Magic Notebook▲82
A calm writing app with no complexity and no AI
May 2026 · magic-notebook.com
24
Hej Stylus! V3.6 – The Sidecar Edition▲86
Full fledged Stylus control for your mac.
2016

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