One of the coolest (!) things about the Neo is the fact it generates almost no heat! None a soft, pink human can notice, perhaps deep inside, one or two of the components may make a few degrees, but compare this to ANY laptop, and it is essentially cold. No overheated palms, or scorched thighs, for the lap-typers amongst us. Also. No noise! None! No fan, nothing whizzing about, nada. Very restful.

My 6th grade writing teacher was really cool and supportive of me. I wasn't the best 6th grade student, but I enjoyed her class and when she gave me this typewriter it helped me focus when I couldn't (or wouldnt) write manually.

Thanks for the video. Your explanation of how to create additional files that bypass the F keys was worth the price of admission. Good job.

Just found one of these at a thrift store for $7. Pretty jazzed.

Just got mine, $39.95 via Amazon (with Christmas money). Amazing! Batteries already in, clicked On/Off button - and the opening screen came up instantly, and within 3 seconds it was ready to take typing! Plugged it into my computer (Win XP Pro) and it searched for and found the driver. When downloaded, I opened Word, clicked Send, and it quickly typed what I wrote into the Word doc. Way cool!

Hi. I'm from Argentina. I enjoyed very much your explanations and tips, jajaj!!! Thank you very much, Joe

What a pleasant surprise. Cataract op yesterday. Running with one eye for now. Therefore I’m delving into a device that arrived yesterday: Neo2. Sidebar: Apple shut me out of my iPad and computer. Mentioned previously I’ve lost some brain power so remembering old passwords to open computer in order to get my new iPad working before they shut me out like they did on my last iPad. I can’t get there from here. So the Neo caught my eye because I just want to write. Now back to the Joe Show.

Typewriters are fun. The key travel and action had a feel unique to each make and model. I have an Alphasmart and like it.

I just got a Neo and this video is super helpful. Way better than any of the other ones I watched. I subscribed! Thank you!

11:01 instead of keeping a table of contents in file No 8, you can as well press "Ctrl + F" to view the first lines of files 1 through 8 plus stored files. Another trick is you can press "Ctrl +N" to get a new blank space, and you will be asked if you want to save the existing work in a given file.

Put me down as in the smartphone + bluetooth keyboard camp. Works like a charm, and it was stuff I had around the house anyway. Forget over $500 for a Hemingwriter/Freewrite, I got my lovely distraction-free experience for the low cost of getting my bluetooth keyboard out of the closet.

Wow! What a fantastic video. I had already ordered the Neo2, but this video has me excited to receive it and start writing. Thanks for all the great info.

Far cheaper than an iOS device is an Amazon Fire. I've just bought the most recent Amazon Fire, althought an older model would do just as well, and "dumbed it down" by installing the Google Play store, then deleting everything Amazon. It now has: Google Docs, a Dictionary/Thesaurus App, and JotterPad for when I don't even want to log in to Google Docs. I couldn't bring myself to use an iPad for this, but a

Awesome video. Thank you. I've had my Neo2 for about 3 years and use it mostly for straight writing so all these new features are nice to know about.

what a useful video!! how cool. I think I'll get one to try it for my writing.

I have one of these and I do not use it nearly enough. It is wonderful.

I just ordered two, one for each of my kids that homeschool. I should also note that the reason we homeschool is because my kids needed this Assistive Technology at school and they weren't providing. They both have a fine motor disability that makes handwriting painful. I'm really looking forward to this distraction-free word processor for them! I'm delighted to see that they can be enjoyed by people of all ages, with and without disabilities. Nice video, thanks!

Very good info, Joe! You have explained it all so clearly and concise! I use MS Word and a small laptop for my writing (Microsoft Surface with the supplied keyboard.) The keyboard is well laid out but the keys are soft to touch and very sensitive so i am constantly re-writing, backspacing, etc. I find the computer very distracting and annoying at times. Neo would end all that distraction. I usually write 500 to 1500 words a day, more or less and will write much more without all the distractions! Thanks again for your info. I have viewed some of your videos about Neo and typewriters, again, very informative and I thank you for sharing your knowledge, you put a lot of work into these videos! Great job! I subscribed to your channel.

Today I used the Neo2 for the first time on a seminar. It worked fine. For some people Neo2 was some kind of "hybrid" technology.

Can't believe folks spend $600 on a Freewrite. I honestly think those are for folks who want to tell people they spent $600 on their writing device. I love my Neo. I also sometimes use my old phone as a monitor, and a Bluetooth keyboard. Works great!

just bought 2 ... from US going to UK. One for me, and one I will gift to a writer .

I checked out your channel, very cool. Will subscribe!

I often use both the Neo and Neo2. They're great 'rough draft' tools, but I always upload to Word for editing.

This was a huge help. Thank you.

Great video! I love my Alphasmart Neo2. It's a great device. Thanks for your video. I learned a few new things. By the way, the Hemingwrite is now called the Freewrite. Evidently, the Hemingway estate sued them about the name. So they had to change it. At one time, I was interested in that device, but wisely decided to go with the Neo2. The Freewrite is too expensive and from the few reviews I've seen on KZfaq, it is a little awkward to use. Also, there is no arrow key on it whatsoever. Therefore, a writer can not go back into the text to add something or to make a small correction.

I remember we still had those in schisle back in 2007 Nowadays I think it's the typewriter of my generation

"Renosance Learning" **Having flashback of school Renosance company tests**

I remember using Alphasmarts in elementary school!

I've got an AlphaSmart 3000 on order. I can't wait to get it.

Just invested in a Dana wireless. A brilliant piece of kit. Informative video. Thanks.

Very helpful video. Thank you

Hey, it's spring 2020 now. Those things look IDEAL for portable writing! Are they still on the market for sale? Where can I buy one, huh? Y'see, writing is one of my PASSIONS and I would LOVE to have a writing device that I could take around with me. Are those compatible with Windows 10 laptops? Those look GREAT for my writing needs!

I used an Alphasmart in most of my K-12 years of education and in my opinion, it's very easy to use and it helped me out quite a bit. However, The Writer Plus, which is a similar device developed by Keyboard Instructor is actually more efficient and effective for writing than Alphasmart, at least in my experience. The text is more visible and the keyboard is more tactile and satisfying to use. Thanks for this video though, it gave me a lot of nostalgia for these old devices.

Very informative! Thank you. How often do you recommend changing the button cell battery? A video on how to do this would be amazing!

Thanks so much for this video. I really gotta get myself one of these. Off to eBay i go !

Would be awesome if someone would just make a new version of this.

Thank you for the video.

Thank you for the video. As an alternative you could go for a Palm Pilot V or a Handspring Visor Pro and their connected keyboards. I used my Visor Pro and its keyboard dock while studying.

This is a great video about the AlphaSmart. I have a Neo and Neo2 (love the colour of the latter). You've also given me the idea of turning my old XP computer, which I wouldn't trust on the internet (too vulnerable) into a dedicated writing device with only writing software like Word and others compatible with XP. It only has a 40gb hard drive! PS I see this is the third comment I've posted here!

great video, tells you everything

Interesting news.

Thank you Sir.

There is also the Pomera devise from the company King Jim. The only thing Whit this devices is that they are Japanese devises but you can change the menu and language to English. There very good, I would say even better and portable than the freewrite and the Alphasmart. The only thing that takes a little bit to get use to is the Keyboard cute it's made for Japanese people in mind. But the Price in comparison Whit the freewrite is not that bad. A freewrite usually cost between $500 to $600+ but the Pomera DM 30 wish is the one I recommend you can get it for around $230 (There is also the DM 200 but that one cost $400)and you can do allot more whit it than the freewrite. It has a E-ink paper display to but bigger in a smaller form factor. It also has 8GB of internal storage plus you can save your TXT files to a Micro SD Card up to 32GB in comparison to the Freewrite and it's 4GB of internal storage. You can also transfer your files connecting it to a PC like the Freewrite and the Alphasmart. The only thing is that the DM 30 has no built in Wi-Fi so you can't upload your contend to cloud storage services like the Freewrite but you can transfer your files by QR code to your phone. The DM 200 has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth transferring capabilities but not to cloud services. Finally one thing that the Freewrite has going fore itself is the Keyboard it is awesome but it has no arrow keys so you can't edit your work on this devise in comparison to the Pomera devises which keyboards are laptop Chiclet keyboard but there not bad and you can edit your all of work on it like on the Alphasmart. Still the Alphasmart devise are still the cheapest you can get if you are on a budget.

Hi! Thanks for your video. Could you please tell me, if it is possible to change the font size, make it smaller, to have more lines on the display? This is a nice product but I would prefer a larger display to get a better overview of the text lines. Thank you!

Are you sale yours AlphaSmart Word Processor?

I was having memory issues. Would hit 200 words and would get the sign saying, 'File limit reached.' Seeing how to look at the file list made me realize my saved named files were taking up space. It wouldn't let me clear the files, so I manually went into each one and deleted the text in each file. My memory is back to what it was, Yay. However the saved named files are still listed in the directory and I'm not sure how to delete them. I'm too bothered though. Just glad my Neo is back to normal! Wonderful device and thanks for the help.

I own an alpha smart. And I am thankful for this video. Please provide me a way that I can print directly from the alpha smart to the printer. I have a USB cable obviously, but is there a printing device that is compatible with the alphasmart that will print directly?

I thought the Dana was based on Palm, not the Neo or Neo2.

My local college I found out offers the older version of this, so I was looking up to see exactly what it was. I am disappointed in what it looks like. It's nice that it is small, and portable, but the small screen, I think is the no go for me. I am so used to a large computer screen, that looking at a few lines of text at a time, I don't think would be helpful, and then you have to transfer everything to print it. I might give it a shot, as like he mentioned there are no other distractions, it just seems like it is more work to use it. I wanted something to take notes, not sure if this is the device for me. It's possible, I will have to sit down and check it out.

Watching more closely, he deletes the contents of File 7, but the list in File 8 shows that File 7 is empty anyway. Would he have deleted a full file?

I almost got a Neo but I use my offline chromebook and take it everywhere I go. 1500 words a day.

I have an Alphasmart word processor but haven't used it yet.

Hi Joe. Thank you for your content. I’m looking forward on using my alphasmart applets; however, I can’t seem to download the Neo software. Can you help me, please?

Only the AlphaSmart Dana uses the Palm OS. No other AlphaSmart uses the Palm OS.

hey im looking to buy one on ebay is the alphasmart 2000 . 3000 and alphasmart neo compatible with chromebook cb3-111? i need answers from everyone

I almost bought one. Now I use my android phone. But too bad it is not distraction free.

Wonder would these work/upload onto a chromebook and google docs?

Hey. Does it save automatically or just with ctrl + s?

my school still uses these as far as I know, (Middle/Elementary), but now all of the grades are receiving Chromebook instead. Personally, i think that this is a horrible idea, because of the fact that they are buying these computers to have them instantly destroyed by idiotic 2nd graders.

Have you heard of the new Freewrite Traveler? It's basically an overpriced version of the Alpha. The Freewrite will retail at around $500! Only difference is it connects to the internet to sync your documents to the cloud but who cares 😂

Screen on this machine was WAAAAY to small! Like many folks I prefer a FULL PAGE display. Next to a typewriter, desktop computer systems with larger screens of 20 inches plus and then the 15"- 17" LAPTOPS solved the problem nicely.

how to do BOLD text using the Neo?

I really don't like electronic typewriters. I like using either my laptop or a manual typewriter. That's it.

Keyboard doesn't look that high quality, maybe next time there will be a model with mechanical one.

Wow! What a fantastic video. I had already ordered the Neo2, but this video has me excited to receive it and start writing. Thanks for all the great info.