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Re:Ask HN: Anyone voice code? I had a stroke and can't use m... by daanzu on Sunday January 16, 2022 @03:03AM (#29954228)
I have been coding entirely by voice for approximately 10 years now (by hand long before that). Most of that time I have been using the Dragonfly (https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/dragonfly) library to construct my own customized voice coding system. The library is highly flexible and open source, allowing you to easily customize everything to suit what you need to be productive. It is perhaps the power user analogue to Dragon Naturally Speaking. With it, you can certainly be highly productive coding by voice. In fact, I develop kaldi-active-grammar (https://github.com/daanzu/kaldi-active-grammar), a free and open source speech recognition backend usable by Dragonfly, itself entirely by voice. There's also a community of voice coders using Dragonfly and other tools that build on top of it, such as Caster (https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/Caster).
Re:Ask HN: Anyone voice code? I had a stroke and can't use m... by gnicholas on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:25AM (#29964206)
There are one-handed keyboards available, like this one. [1] When typing, you hold the space bar as a modifier key to type the mirror image key from the opposite side of the keyboard (so a "D" is typed by holding space bar and pressing "K").

I have the left-handed version, which has a smaller footprint. I bought it years ago and was able to type about 3/4 of my normal speed, including code. The price appears to have skyrocketed — I paid around $100, and it's now $600. Hopefully your employer can cover this!

1: https://matias.store/collections/ergo/products/half-qwerty-5...

Re:Ask HN: Anyone voice code? I had a stroke and can't use m... by cafard on Saturday January 15, 2022 @04:22PM (#29950416)
https://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php is about RSI, not a stroke, but some of it may be relevant.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone voice code? I had a stroke and can't use m... by jstx1 on Saturday January 15, 2022 @07:20PM (#29951931)
Voice Driven Development, Emily Shea - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKuRkGkf5HU
Re:Ask HN: Anyone voice code? I had a stroke and can't use m... by mastah88 on Sunday January 16, 2022 @01:44PM (#29958638)
- Cerebrolysin - Cortexin - BPC157 (nasal spray) - Semax - Selank - Seleginine - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (but has to be enough atmospheric pressure) - Xantohumol

Those will help you recover. I am not a doctor - always consult with a doctor, but those are researched to help in cases like yours.

Re:Ask HN: Anyone voice code? I had a stroke and can't use m... by ylere on Sunday January 16, 2022 @02:28PM (#29959070)
Can Bpc157 actually be administered intranasally? I remember reading about it a while ago and the usual route being subq injections.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone voice code? I had a stroke and can't use m... by aschwant on Saturday January 15, 2022 @10:24PM (#29952964)
There is a great Changelog episode on hands-free coding: https://changelog.com/podcast/423
Re:Ask HN: Anyone voice code? I had a stroke and can't use m... by friendlydog on Saturday January 15, 2022 @04:01PM (#29950217)
Not voice but a one handed solution:

Twiddler

Re:Ask HN: Anyone voice code? I had a stroke and can't use m... by peterbecich on Saturday January 15, 2022 @08:23PM (#29952356)
How about Talon? I've never used it, though. https://youtu.be/X6rsA0Svh2M https://talonvoice.com/
Re:Ask HN: Anyone voice code? I had a stroke and can't use m... by helph67 on Saturday January 15, 2022 @04:29PM (#29950476)
Here's a collection of no code resources that may help. https://trello.com/b/A4OmiAWb/100-no-code-resources
Re:Ask HN: Anyone voice code? I had a stroke and can't use m... by brokenmachine on Sunday January 16, 2022 @09:56PM (#29962871)
Not an answer to the exact question you're asking, but have you considered the right-handed dvorak layout?
Re:Ask HN: Anyone voice code? I had a stroke and can't use m... by peterhadlaw on Saturday January 15, 2022 @10:37PM (#29953027)