Re:What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type?
by mkl on Saturday August 10, 2019 @05:35PM
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Well this problem sounds familiar! I solved it in a different way as voice coding was much more difficult 15 years ago.
I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type), and associated nervous system pain. I lost my ability to type in 2002, and began my PhD in 2004 (in applied maths - lots of programming).
I did the whole thing typing with mice, trackballs, and modified versions thereof, mainly using predictive on-screen typing software I wrote. When touch screens became widely available I adapted the software to them and did my typing that way.
Since ~2016 I've finally been able to type useful amounts on two very specific keyboards with low travel and high springyness (Surface Pro keyboard cover and Bluetooth Surface Keyboard; Surface Book keyboard is okay but not as good; HP has some keyboards that might be good but don't sell them individually).
I use dictation software for prose, but haven't tried it for programming, Latex, etc. Talon seems worth investigating though, as there are periods I need to minimise my typing.
I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type), and associated nervous system pain. I lost my ability to type in 2002, and began my PhD in 2004 (in applied maths - lots of programming).
I did the whole thing typing with mice, trackballs, and modified versions thereof, mainly using predictive on-screen typing software I wrote. When touch screens became widely available I adapted the software to them and did my typing that way.
Since ~2016 I've finally been able to type useful amounts on two very specific keyboards with low travel and high springyness (Surface Pro keyboard cover and Bluetooth Surface Keyboard; Surface Book keyboard is okay but not as good; HP has some keyboards that might be good but don't sell them individually).
I use dictation software for prose, but haven't tried it for programming, Latex, etc. Talon seems worth investigating though, as there are periods I need to minimise my typing.