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getting things done when your hands are broken

all of this emphasis on writing down notes on note cards etc. is great unless your hands don't work right. Most of the notes I have in my writing notebook are illegible and are lost to me because the scribbles no longer trigger a memory of what I was writing.

So, how does one use these simple techniques when your hands are damaged and writing is impractical.

By the way, how I use computers is with speech recognition with all of its attendant problems.

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Can you recommend any of...

kenzi wrote:
Can you recommend any of these speech-recognition softwares to me? I have been investigating this for work, specifically software that can create a text file from a digital recording of speech. Dare I dream?

I really hope that wasn't directed at me, heh.

The only stuff I've used was ViaVoice back in the day. I used Dragon Dictate a few times, but I'm hearing good things about Dragon Naturally Speaking. I hope our new Partner in Projects will drop some science on us all soon!

 
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