For most of us, the clickety clack of a manual typewriter -- or the gentler tapping of the IBM Selectric -- are but memories, or something seen only in movies. But at the few remaining typewriter ...

When singer songwriter John Mayer talks about keys, it's not always about music. Sometimes it's about the typewriter he uses. Tom Hanks not only uses one, he's collected about 100 of them. Mayer and ...

Rachel Spence lost her job and caught COVID-19 in quick succession. Looking for a hobby in the wake of that disruption, ...

The $349 Freewrite Alpha cuts costs by dropping the E Ink screen but thankfully brings back mechanical switches. The $349 Freewrite Alpha cuts costs by dropping the E Ink screen but thankfully brings ...

Store owner Matt Snyder works on a manual typewriter at New England Typewriter in Merrimack on Saturday, November 16, 2024. Snyder opened it to sell and service devices that are decades old. An old ...

Is the tendency to self-edit as you write stalling your momentum? Struggling with the endless distractions of life on your laptop? Freewrite’s single-purpose drafting tools are designed to help you ...

Long ago, before the advent of cell phones and texting, typing was done with all 10 fingers — not just two thumbs. Those were the days of clackety machines of communication called typewriters. Those ...

The Freewrite Traveler is a portable writing machine that first launched about 5 years ago. It’s basically a digital typewriter designed for distraction-free writing. It doesn’t have a web browser, a ...

If you enjoy writing, you may find yourself in situations when you want to write on the go, in a coffee shop, or other places away from your desk. Of course, you can’t carry your entire workstation ...

It was a pandemic distraction from lockdowns and languishing. I had somehow convinced myself I needed a typewriter. Locating one was easy, but I wasn't expecting to find Cincinnati eclectic Richard ...

In a world dominated by digital technology, a growing number of people are embracing a decidedly analog device: the typewriter. John Yang reports. PBS News Hour is available to stream on pbs.org and ...