Why we need a sort of Markdown for hand written notes on the Remarkable Tablet

The problem

The Remarkable Tablet is great for writing in a focused way as it's a device that does just that and that has no browser. But that also means that there is no possibilities to add links to an article that you are writing. You have to add these links later when you import what you have written in your CMS.

Still while I write I need a way to show that later I need to add a link.

The fix: when writing by hand

When writing by hand I underline + highlight the words that I'll need to turn into a link. I already underline titles, so the extra highlight helps me differentiate both.

A great addition to the handwritten text to typed text conversion feature on the Remarkable Connect service would be to have rules of formatting that would be recognized. For example:

• Double underline = Title level 1

• Simple underline = Title level 2

• Highlight = bold

• Underline within a paragraph = italic

If there was something like that I wouldn't have to always check my original hand note once I convert it to typed text.

I've made a tiny prototype using Notion AI, to show how that would work. Here's my prompt in Notion AI:

And here's the result:

So this is definitely something that could be a nice addition to the Remarkable Connect Service. Or just a process I could build myself in Notion with a few automations.

I've made a second prototype using Claude Artifacts

The fix: when typing

When typing on the tablet a text with the attached keyboard I simply select the text I want to use as a link and format it as bold + italic. In that way it really stands out when I copy and paste it in my CMS (Podia at the moment). Previously I just put the text in bold, but in my CMS editor, bold text is really hard to distinguish. So I make the text both bold and italic.

Having the option to underline (which doesn't exist at the moment on the Remarkable OS) would be a nice addition.

Backstage of this article

This article was written and illustrated by hand on a Remarkable Tablet II. The text was then automatically transformed in a typed text with the Remarkable Connect service. If you are curious you can download the original note.