'Wow it actually types as I talk! Sadly my RSI is back' blog discussion

Stephen_Leak

I work as an IT Tech' in a school and we use Dragon with our Special Needs kids. It's not only great fun but also works. With practice, the accuracy rate is better than I can do with fongers and a kaybeard. And another vote for Logitech and Creative microphones and headsets. It's a pity that Microsoft never did the original Natural Keyboard in black.

niccy

i met one of the inventors of Dragon , Dr Janet Baker at an exhibition in Earls Court around about 1986-7 . It has taken a long time to evolve but surely this in time , will sound the death knell for the keyboard ?:j:j

W130SN

My speling is terible butt my pronounciation is even worse !
Peopel myt fink Im eliterate

PasturesNew

We never used to get RSI in the olden days, with manual typewriters - and I've often wondered if it's the typing technique.

With a manual typewriter, you're taught to have your wrists up high, like a concert pianist.... whereas these days there seem to be products called "wrist rests" which encourage people to have their wrists down low. I tried one once, out of curiosity ... and had wrist pain within 10 minutes.

So, I am still convinced it's all about your wrist action

InaPickle

PasturesNew wrote: »

We never used to get RSI in the olden days, with manual typewriters - and I've often wondered if it's the typing technique.

With a manual typewriter, you're taught to have your wrists up high, like a concert pianist.... whereas these days there seem to be products called "wrist rests" which encourage people to have their wrists down low. I tried one once, out of curiosity ... and had wrist pain within 10 minutes.

So, I am still convinced it's all about your wrist action

I bet you're not wrong there. Now I'm trying to suss out how I type so that I don't start getting it!

kunekune

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

I work as an IT Tech' in a school and we use Dragon with our Special Needs kids. It's not only great fun but also works. With practice, the accuracy rate is better than I can do with fongers and a kaybeard. And another vote for Logitech and Creative microphones and headsets. It's a pity that Microsoft never did the original Natural Keyboard in black.

But for other special needs kids it's typing they can do and speaking is what they can't. That's why variety is what we need!

minnie17

Thanks for posting that Martin - really useful for those of us looking at voice recognition software. I have Carpel Tunnel Syndrome and so have many of the same problems with typing. Good luck with the RSI!

Denis11

I find myself using (Idictate) Which is the title... for Apple Mac which is produced by Dragon software similar to what martinis using.

If you are in the market for not typing but speaking your replies to people this is the software to use, whether you are on a PC or a Apple Mac makes no difference, it is a fantastic piece of software/machinery.

It is very easy to train it takes the minimal amount around 10 minutes to structure your voice files and put them in some order, after that you can just tweak them at your expense and time, actually there is no expense to you just your time.

You're not going to believe this, but nevertheless here goes. I do suffer from a speech impediment periodically. And would you believe the software does not recognise it which is a godsend, for my spelling is absolutely terrible.

You see I wasn't educated in the normal education realms of this world, I was educated spiritually, so not much detail was paid to my spelling, nevertheless I wish I had realised this in my younger days, but that was then, and now it's now, and there's nothing like the presence. And before I forget thank you Martin for using your wonderful experience in the financial department to help all people. Blessings.:A

moggylover

PasturesNew wrote: »

We never used to get RSI in the olden days, with manual typewriters - and I've often wondered if it's the typing technique.

With a manual typewriter, you're taught to have your wrists up high, like a concert pianist.... whereas these days there seem to be products called "wrist rests" which encourage people to have their wrists down low. I tried one once, out of curiosity ... and had wrist pain within 10 minutes.

So, I am still convinced it's all about your wrist action

I think plenty of the people I worked with when I first started typing some 35 years ago had lots of wrist and hand pain despite using the old sit up and beg typewriters. In those days it was usually diagnosed/misdiagnosed as arthritis though and you often saw ladies who had spent long years in typing pools with those horrible supports on their wrists and hands.

My problem with voice activated software is that my illness often makes my speech slurred (and no I'm not an old lush:D) at the same times as I am unable to sit up and type properly so I haven't found it very helpful, although I am willing to persevere.

You have my sympathy with the RSI Martin, and I agree that nothing really seems to work for it other than rest (and warmth) so I hope that it improves for you soon:)

The_Thrilla

Yes. I've got dwagon myself, but I have found it not paticalaly useful. I have to keep going back to kowekt the text. I find it fasta to just type it out. I am using dwagon to wight this now.