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Tessel v1.4.1

Tessel 1.4.1 turns handwriting into a first-class part of the PDF workspace
and adds a low-latency tablet companion that works over the local network.

Handwritten notebooks

  • Keep one fixed notebook beside each PDF page, opening on the left by default.
  • Add any number of vertically scrollable sheets inside the notebook; existing
    left and right canvases are preserved as sheets in the new layout.
  • Draw with pressure-sensitive strokes, choose color and size, or enable
    stylus-only mode so fingers remain available for navigation.
  • Lasso strokes to move, resize, or delete them.
  • Send a lasso selection to the current AI conversation as a PNG attachment.
    Tessel creates a page conversation and prepares the attachment when no chat
    is open, without sending a prompt automatically.

Tablet companion

  • Open the local handwriting page from the QR code in Settings while the
    tablet and computer share a network.
  • Browse every notebook sheet, create and delete sheets, move the whole
    notebook between PDF sides, and use the canvas in fullscreen.
  • Stream frame-batched stroke previews with persisted commits for low latency.
  • Keep pen coordinates stable while the browser resizes or the sheet list is
    moving, and allow edge strokes to be selected reliably.

Interface and reliability

  • Restyle the tablet interface to match Tessel's restrained yellow, ink, and
    paper visual language across desktop, landscape tablet, and narrow screens.
  • Use a compact notebook header and a narrow modern internal scrollbar.
  • Keep handwritten notebooks aligned with their PDF page through zoom changes
    and clear of an open conversation dock.
  • Expand the release regression suite to 30 passing scenarios, including the
    complete desktop and local-network handwriting flows.

The installer updates only the application bundle. Existing PDFs, reading
sessions, settings, credentials, conversations, and handwritten strokes remain
in Electron's user-data directory.