The job
The laptop is a trap.
Twelve tabs. A blinking agent. A book that never gets the morning. This machine has keys, a paper screen, and Send. When you stand up, the chapter is already in the app.
The page
Paper that holds a charge.
E-ink. It uses the room's light, so it does not fight the sun. At night, a frontlight. Fifteen degrees — a notebook, not a monitor. No apps on the glass. TypewriterOS is write, and read.
- — No glare. Readable outdoors
- — Frontlight after dark
- — No browser. No notifications. No CoAuthor on device
The keys
Built to be hit for hours.
Kailh Box Brown — dust-resistant, rated fifty million presses. Thick PBT caps. New starts a chapter. Send puts it in the app. Special is yours.
- — Mechanical tactile switches
- — PBT caps. Two ribbon-red keys: New, Send
- — Send syncs the chapter to the app
TypewriterOS
The same page reads.
Draft in the morning. Read the chapter back like a book — typeset, not a cursor. No store. No apps. Keyboard: the iPad in the mill does both. Our screens do both. Kindle-simple. For writing.
- — Write, then read what you wrote
- — Your iPad in the Keyboard mill is a reader too
- — CoAuthor stays on the computer, on purpose
Sync
The book is one book.
Wi-Fi saves locally and to the app. Offline, USB-C acts like a drive. Edit later on the desk — bible, map, CoAuthor — when you want the laptop. Draft here so you don't.
On the machine
Nothing extra.
E-ink page
Write. Read. Frontlight. No apps.
New / Send
Ribbon red. Chapter in. Chapter out.
Mechanical keys
Kailh Box Brown. PBT. Full-size travel.
USB-C
Charge, offline copy. Wordmark on this face.
Tech specs
First-run targets. We lock numbers before 13 January 2027.
- Typewriter · $499
- Desk machine. Mechanical keys + modest landscape e-ink with frontlight. ~3.1 lb. About 12.2" × 8.4" × 1.4".
- Body
- Bead-blasted aluminum unibody. Wordmark laser-etched on the charge face. No handle theater.
- Display
- E-ink with frontlight. Typewriter canvas ~191 × 108 mm. Go canvas ~121 × 68 mm. TypewriterOS: write + read. No app store.
- Ports
- USB-C for charge, offline transfer, and host (plug in another board).
- Onboard
- Flash. About one million words. Drafts live on the machine until Send.
- Wi-Fi
- 2.4 GHz. Sync to the Typewriter app. Over-the-air TypewriterOS updates.
- Power
- Internal lithium cell. USB-C. Keyboard also runs from the host.
- Sync
- The Typewriter app — binder, bible, map. USB-C if you are off-grid. Not a third-party dump.
- Languages
- 60+ languages. 80+ layouts including QWERTZ, AZERTY, DVORAK.
- Warranty
- 1 year from ship date against manufacturer defects. Dedicated mail. No 3-year upsell at booking.
FAQ
Frequently asked
What is this, exactly?
A typewriter for authors. Mechanical keys and an e-ink page. TypewriterOS on the glass — write, and read. No internet in the way. Send puts the chapter in the Typewriter app. $499 is the desk machine. $399 is Go, the small clamshell. $299 is the keyboard, if you already have a tablet.
App or TypewriterOS?
The app is the desk in your browser — binder, bible, map, CoAuthor. TypewriterOS is what runs on our e-ink: write and read, nothing else. Same book. Two rooms.
Do I need the app?
The keyboard works as a Bluetooth board on any computer. To keep the book as one book, you use the Typewriter app. Typewriter and Go run TypewriterOS on the e-ink.
Waitlist or pay now?
Waitlist: name and email, nothing charged, we write before we take money. Book now: you pay $299, $399, or $499 in full today. We hold a unit for the 13 January 2027 run. Refund before ship if we miss the date.
Does CoAuthor run on it?
No. Draft here. CoAuthor proposes later, in the app, after the words land.
