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getting things done when your hands are broken
esj | Apr 22 2006
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. 15 Comments
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 I would think that making...Submitted by esj on April 23, 2006 - 9:22am.
emory wrote:
I would think that making liberal use of a voice recorder is your best capture device. Some of them even output to speech-recog software in order to digitially archive things as I'm sure you're well aware. recorders to speech recognition has been a holy grail for quite a while. Unfortunately, the patterns one uses when dictating to speech recognition with attendant feedback, is very different from dictating to a recorder. With speech recognition systems, you get immediate feedback as to your speech patterns whereas with a recorder, dictation tends to be more absent-minded. Personally I find recorders lead me to more rambling dictation as I circle around an idea until I'm finally able to condense into its essential elements. If there was a microphone in my car listening to me ramble with story ideas, it would be very embarrassing to hear that played back. ;-) there is also the social interaction factor. When you are sitting with one or more people and you start dictating, you have just told them that you really don't care about what they're saying at the moment. It's almost as much a don't care moment as paying attention to your Blackberry while they're talking to you. Quote:
a fair amount of mobility, almost as much as a normal person. What I don't have is much in the way of tactile feedback or stability. There are tremors, weakness, small spasms that make me drop things a fair amount of fine motor control not that you can tell through the tremors. I'm basically good for 1500/3000 keystrokes a day every day/occasionally, daily driving for one or two hours on a regular basis, preparing one significant meal a day. Pick any two. Quote:
two human factor problems: recording this information in the presence of other people and transcribing on the other end. Using recorder doubles the length of the recording process at minimum. First to speak, second to listen, third to transcribe. » POSTED IN:
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