Bang bang clack-clack-clack puckapuckapuckapucka… I wanted the ‘report’ of each letter, each line.”
TYPEWRITER SOUNDS FOCUSWRITER MANUAL
“I wanted to have the sensation of an old manual typewriter – I wanted the sound of typing if nothing else…cause I find it’s like music that spurs along the creative urge. Tom Hanks collects vintage typewriters, and marketed that information in a NY Times article a year ago, and recently in an interview with Apple’s twitter account where he discussed his objectives in having the app created – In fact, it’s more a formatter for that typewritten look, rather than a true writer app. So don’t spend time typing away at that coffee shop, hoping to work on your manuscript once you get home – unless you workaround this format problem using copy/paste and another app.
TYPEWRITER SOUNDS FOCUSWRITER PDF
The app has a large issue for writers in the current state – you can only export a document as a PDF and upload to a cloud service or emailed as an attachment. Animations (key depresses) and sounds can be turned off if they become annoying, but the app does keep up with the modern day typist pretty well. A couple of modern changes to the vintage typewriter in Hanx Writer – a delete key (if you turn this off, you can XXX out your typos), and no carriage return – the app automatically wraps onto the next line. I also learnt how reliant I have become on modern day’s autocorrect and spellchecks – which don’t exist in this app.
I wish I’d kept hold of my own typewriters I learnt typing on decades ago. And of course, there’s no formatting ability with a vintage type set, but the app does pair with a bluetooth keyboard if you have one, and I must admit, it is nice to go all retro. That cost got me two more colours of ribbon – red and blue, and some background colours behind the typewriters. These upgrades are previewable before you purchase them. The free version lets you type away with typewriting sounds, but I had to cough up AUS$6.49 for the two additional typewriter packages which provided coloured ribbons, a front title page with a set small polaroid photograph, and more importantly – text alignment and multiple documents. The Hanx Typewriter is a pretty nice app, all-told. I guess you have to say it – put a celebrity name to most things, and media will attend, and people will buy. I’ve left it a couple of weeks before profiling the Hanx Writer App and alternatives. Anyone watching the net lately will be well aware of Tom Hank’s typewriter app hitting the iOS appstore and smashing records for the productivity and overall categories.
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