From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Mon Nov 08 1999 - 23:57:56 MST
Amara Graps wrote:
> It seems that the voice recognition software has come a _long_
> way in the last 5 years. And so cheap too!
>
> You might consider your new software/hardware as an alternative
> computer input device to help prevent repetitive strain injuries....
Glad someone brought this up, for I fear doctors are giving bad
advice under some circumstances. When doctors see the youngest
fingers going numb, especially in office workers, especially in
the silly clone valley, the *immediately* say no keyboard for
a month. How the hell is one to do one's job?
I have had this problem over the years, and experimented with
it enough to report the following theory:
Whereas I agree this *may* be related to keyboard use in many
people, in my case, the phenomenon is much more dependent upon...
motorcycles!
I was getting better, fewer instances of finger numbness, etc. I
went on vacation in New England, drove 4 megameters in 11
days, no keyboards, suddenly, major dead fingers! Both hands.
The weekend we had extro4, rode the bike up to Berzerkely, dead
fingers.
The first year I was doing extropians, no capital letters
to reduce keystrokes, no difference. Wrote a 400 page fiction
work in about a month, no increase in dead fingers. Gave up
Jar Jar Binks, no difference.
Conclusion: in my case, the wrist problems are more related
to driving than keyboards. Now I will wait and see if the
medical community concludes similarly within a few years.
Its driving and motorcycles.
EvMick, whaddya think? spike
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