# Typewriter — Keys + our e-ink page. The desk machine.

Last updated: 2026-08-13
Canonical: https://typewriter.digital/devices/typewriter
HTML: https://typewriter.digital/devices/typewriter
Machine: https://typewriter.digital/devices/typewriter.md
Price: $499
Ships: 13 January 2027

> Keys. Our e-ink page. TypewriterOS — write, and read. Hit Send. The chapter is already in the app.

## What is Typewriter Typewriter?

Typewriter is a Typewriter hardware SKU ($499). Keys. Our e-ink page. TypewriterOS — write, and read. Hit Send. The chapter is already in the app. Send puts the chapter into the Typewriter app. CoAuthor does not run on the device.

### 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.

### 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

### 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

### 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

### 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.

## Specs

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| 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. |

## How to book

1. Open https://typewriter.digital/devices/typewriter
2. Join the waitlist (free, nothing charged) or pay $499 in full today.
3. First run ships 13 January 2027. Paid bookings refund before ship if we miss the date.

## Related

- Catalog: https://typewriter.digital/devices.md
- App: https://typewriter.digital/home.md
- AI: https://typewriter.digital/coauthor.md
- Pricing: https://typewriter.digital/pricing.md

## Frequently asked questions

### 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.