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Hi there! Happy to answer your question. The app has no cloud functionality and does not feed your work to train any AI. The only time it connects to the internet is to check the version number of the latest version to see if an update is needed. Your words entirely live on your computer's hard drive after you copy or export them and are 100% private and yours!

 It does store your recent writing sessions as a part of the recovery feature, but these are also stored on your hard drive and never uploaded to the internet through the app. Additionally, no AI was used in the creation of the app. I hope this answers all of your questions :) 

Thank you so much! There isn't at the moment.

Hi ImogenG, yes I'll add a way to change auto-save frequency in the next version. Would you be willing to run a debug build while sharing your screen with me to help me figure out the cause of the crashing? If so, please email me: stimuwrite@eveharms.com

Sure, I will change that in the next update. Thank you!

Oh my, that sound really stressful and not at all an experience I'd like you to have with StimuWrite. The program apparently has issues with certain systems that I'm still trying to work out because I can't replicate them on my own machine. I'd love your help if you are able to do a screen share with a debug build, please email me: stimuwrite@eveharms.com

Not currently, but I will consider it for future updates :)

I'm so glad to hear that! Thank you for sharing 💜

So glad to hear it's been helpful! If you go to Options > Display Customizations and turn off "Expand Background to Window" it should behave like you want it to. Happy writing!

Hi! There should now be a little icon with three lines in the corner of the screen opposite to the emojis. If you click that a menu of icons will open with your addons. Click the tomato and the timer should pop up. Let me know if you are still having issues. 

It's supposed to... thanks for the info, I'll look into it

I'm not sure what the issue is here, I'll look into it. Is your graphics driver up to date as well?

This is a great idea, I'll try to implement it in a future version

Hi Sylvan, I'm sorry you are having an issue. Is the problem with the video background or the whole theme? Do you have this issue with any other backgrounds or themes?

Hi doxiedreg! Sorry that sounds really frustrating. Do you mean you aren't able to get the theme pack to install? Or the program won't work at all? Can you describe what happens when it doesn't work (what you mean by "doesn't work") and what steps you are taking? Hopefully we can solve this together.

I love this idea!

If you haven't be keeping up with StimuWrite, it's been updated with a ton of new features, and there are also 22 themes available to enhance your writing environment, including the 100% free/pay-what-you-like Pride Theme Pack, and three addons including Sticky Notes and Tomato Timer!

And StimuWrite is a part of the 2024 Halloween sale! All themes and addons are 36% off, or purchase the bundle to save even more 😍 Sale lasts until November 30th to support Autumn writing challenges!

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Hmm I will look into this, thank you

Noted! Thanks for your feedback.

I'm so glad to hear that! Thanks for letting me know 💜

Hi there! So the language addon is actually just a font that includes characters for the language, and in then in the case of a Chinese or Japanese font it changes from word count to character count. I'm honestly not sure how I would make a tutorial on how to make a new language addon because it would really depend on the language. In the future I am hoping to localize the software and get rid of the language addons (since they won't be needed), but since it's just me I'm not sure when I'll be able to complete that. I will try to make a general addon tutorial soon though!

I love all of these ideas! I will definitely incorporate some into future themes :) 

I will look into a more  gentle rain sound! Have you tried the brown noise one? It might be closer to what you are looking for

Ugh, I'm sorry to hear you are experiencing this. This is has been fixed for the majority of systems but it looks like not all of them. If you can send your system info to stimuwrite@eveharms.com that will help me diagnose this issue. Sorry for the late response and thanks for using StimuWrite!

Hi there, sorry for the late response! Currently you can write in markdown and export a txt file and then change the file extension to .md or .markdown to create a markdown file. You can also go into Options > Advanced Settings and turn on "Export as HTML using markdown syntax" and basic markdown syntax will work and be exported as html. This will make it easier to open the html file in your browser and copy and paste it into your main editor with the formatting included. I hope that helps

Noted! I will look into it

Thanks so much for letting me know! Currently the only solution is to go into Display Customizations and hide the themes from the dropdown that you don't currently use. I will have to issue an update to improve this UI.

Aggh I'm sorry you are having that issue, and thank you for making me aware of it. You should be able to save your work in these instances by pressing ctrl + S.  Do you have the most up-to-date version of both the add-ons and app?  Please email me stimuwrite@eveharms.com to get further support on this issue.

Thank you so much!!

Hi! Not annoying at all. I did put up an example add-on on GitHub, but I haven’t made any documentation yet so it’s probably not that helpful. https://github.com/beastly-eve/stimuwrite-example-addon

If you give me an idea of what sort of add-on you are interested in developing, it might help me put together docs. I probably won’t release the full source code, but the docs would include information about node names etc that would make it possible to hook into the app further.

That's a really cool idea! However, I don't think I'd be comfortable making a theme for public use that's based on someone else's work. However, I recently made a video tutorial on how to make your own themes so feel free to make one for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsyHcmEndd1Ue4EjqwfSnMMOhduuxIZvQ

"Opening" files is a bit against the philosophy of the app, but I will look into options. Thanks!

Hmm that crashing is not normal, sorry you've been experiencing that. Please email me so we can resolve the issue: stimuwrite@eveharms.com 

Unfortunately including a spellchecker is pretty unlikely, but I will consider it.

Aaah I'm so glad you like it! Thank you!

Hello, is it okay to use this asset in a commercial project? I don't see any license info

Hope you had a nice and restful vacation! You earned it

Thanks so much for the encouragement! I appreciate it :)

Hi Marley,  I've been meaning to make a custom themes video tutorial for awhile, and your comment pushed me to put it together some tutorial videos this weekend. There will probably be one more video added to this series, but hopefully this is enough to help you make your own theme. 

Full playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsyHcmEndd1Ue4EjqwfSnMMOhduuxIZvQ

Currently there's no way to add custom typing sound effects and soundscapes, but I will consider it for future versions.

I was working on porting it to mobile platforms but hit some serious roadblocks and will have to rebuild the mobile version from scratch. So I do eventually plan to port to android and iOS, but I have no timeline at the moment.

Thanks so much for the feedback! I will implement this option in a future version.

If you go into Options > Advanced Settings there is an option to turn on "Export as html using markdown syntax" which gives you the ability to include bold, italics, underline, and strike through in your exported file when using markdown syntax. Click the question mark by the toggle for more detailed info and instructions. I don't intend to add any additional formatting options, sorry about that. I may add visual customization for line spacing in the future, but it won't affect the output of the document.