RE: Speech Recognition for Coding -- MIDRANGE-L

How about clippers that are controlled via a foot pedal?

-----Original Message-----
From:   Shaw, David [SMTP:dshaw@spartan.com]
Sent:   Thursday, August 17, 2000 5:17 AM
To:     'MIDRANGE-L'
Subject:        FW: Speech Recognition for Coding

Bob,

I've been "enjoying" tendonitis off and on since 1993.  It's come and gone
several times, depending on how much I've abused my right hand versus
exercise and anti-inflammatories.  There are several wrist
stretching/strengthening exercises which are frequently taught in martial
arts such as Aikido (and other jiu jitsu styles and derivatives) which have
helped me a lot.  On the other hand (pun not intentional ;), some of my
son's computer games have been real killers (left hand's a handicap, so I
use the right too much - stupid of me, really).

I haven't taught myself to use the left hand with the Trackpoint thing in
this ThinkPad, so I think that's becoming a problem.  Right at the moment I
have a problem with one of my feet, so I'm taking anti-inflammatories and
they're masking the symptoms, but I think the wrist is getting worse again.
Time to make some changes...

BTW, as for fixing carpal tunnel, the fixes are frequently not 100%.  My
sister-in-law, a florist, developed full-blown carpal tunnel in both wrists.
Surgery eliminated the pain, but nothing is ever going to give her back her
strength of grip, or enable her to go back to creating floral arrangements
herself.  She just can't use the clippers.

Dave Shaw
Spartan International, Inc.
Spartanburg, SC

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Crothers [mailto:bob@cstoneindy.com]

David,

Speaking from experience, Tendonitis is much worse then carpal tunnel.
Carpal tunnel can be fixed.  Tendonitis can not.  All you can do is try not
to injure more and hope it will go away.  It took about 9 months for mine to
go away.  And it did involve switching mouse hands and MS Natural keyboard.
Also tried "alternative pointing devices", but could not find many that
worked for a lefty, and none that worked well.
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