Programming by Voice: Staying Productive Without Harming Yourself

Re:Programming by Voice: Staying Productive Without Harming ... by phloxicon on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @02:56AM (#8486249)

My wrist pain is so bad I've had to change profession. Nevertheless, computers are used in every job. At first, ergonomic keyboards and mice were enough. Then any kind of mice was too painful. Then I became fully ambidextrous, writing and using mice with left hand. After I maxed out the pain in that hand, I've moved onto tablets. I find almost no pain typing on a Swype keyboard on my tablet.

I got Samsung Note 12.2 2014 pro because it has a huge screen. If I need to do a small amount of programming, I use Splashtop to accept Swype input into my Windows laptop just across the room.

If anyone has better ideas for an extreme case of RSI, please let me know. Thanks.

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Re:Programming by Voice: Staying Productive Without Harming ... by therealunreal on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @05:06AM (#8486525)

Not as bad as you describe but there was a period when I used to click a lot (in a game) for many hours a day until it became painful. I used AutoHotkey to remap Ctrl and Alt to left and right click respectively and that was it. I'm not saying it's enough but it may help.

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Re:Programming by Voice: Staying Productive Without Harming ... by billmalarky on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @11:18AM (#8487759)

Have you considered seeing a hand surgeon?

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