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[sovay]

Holy God, is it inconvenient typing with one hand in a brace. Somehow when the nurse practitioner said "splint," I envisioned something smaller. I've seen vambraces that were less hardcore. I do not know if I will get any movies written about today. My keyboard-intensive job is going to be fun. I think I'm going to see about lying down.

Comments

[davidgillon]

It may actually be quicker to revert to two or four fingers, which is what this keyboard reduces me to.

Or you could download the 30 day trial version of Dragon Dictate, he says sneakily.

[thistleingrey]

Yes, when I've had relevant flare-ups, one-handing or using a hand with only a finger or two of the other hand has been ... passable.

(I love the idea of Dragon and am glad that it works for many people. After I stymied it during grad school with "historiography" versus "historiographical"--it didn't count enough syllables to distinguish them, at least back then--I decided that even one finger would be faster than spelling a correction every single time. sigh.)

[davidgillon]

Yes, the time before last I tried it, Dragon couldn't distinguish between me saying garage and carriage (garij and carij in my accent), but that was quite a few years ago. I spent a day playing with the current version a few months ago and it seemed a lot better.

[thistleingrey]

and it seemed a lot better

I'm glad!

[sovay]

It may actually be quicker to revert to two or four fingers, which is what this keyboard reduces me to.

I don't know how to type with two or four fingers! I learned to type ten-finger when I was eight; it's about seven-and-a-half-finger these days, but it's the only way I know to interact with a keyboard.

Or you could download the 30 day trial version of Dragon Dictate, he says sneakily.

Heh. Thank you. My mother earlier tonight said she wished she could just transcribe me on a movie. It would certainly be easier right now.