Dell has proven off a brand new idea gadget that (let’s be trustworthy) might by no means truly come out — but it surely’s a whole lot of enjoyable to play with. The Concept Stanza is an 11-inch pill that’s meant to simplify the method of taking notes at work. The thought is that should you write on the Stanza after which double faucet your notes, they’ll be immediately transformed to digital textual content. Connect it to a pc, and your notes will present up on the large display.

Now, that is clearly not a revolutionary use case — units like Samsung Galaxy Notes can convert handwritten notes to digital ones already. But the large distinction with the Stanza is that it’s simply for writing — there are not any cameras, audio system, or ports on the gadget, in an effort to create what Dell describes as a “distraction-free experience.”

Dell’s pill also can acknowledge greater than letters. You can draw a line by means of textual content to delete it and may theoretically digitize shapes (similar to Venn diagrams) as effectively. Separately, the Stanza can function an exterior monitor to increase your display.

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I received to strive the Stanza out for a couple of transient minutes. It was a snug writing expertise — the stylus is compact and the pill’s display is clean. The gadget accurately interpreted all of my (pretty messy) writing. In English, that’s — although we have been advised that the gadget is meant to help a complete bunch of languages, I attempted writing some issues in Chinese and Korean characters that it didn’t acknowledge.

So, work in progress. Since the Stanza continues to be within the idea stage, there’s no pricing and availability but, and no assure that it’s going to turn into an actual factor you should buy. But it might definitely be a nifty software for boardroom and classroom use. It’s the uncommon idea gadget that I believe appears fairly able to go — although I hope it figures out the right way to do a number of languages without delay.