RSI, Dragon Naturally Speaking, FrameMaker, and cubicles

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

I can't speak to the specific issue of using Dragon and Frame, but  
you might find some useful information in an article I wrote about  
RSI: http://www.geoff-hart.com/resources/2004/avoidrsi.htm

One thing I didn't note in that article is that it's not necessarily  
a question of getting rid of one device and replacing it with  
another. Sometimes the ability to switch between different devices at  
different times or for different tasks can be a great way to ease the  
pain.

And sometimes you can combine entirely unrelated technologies. For  
example, could you use the voice-recognition feature as the  
equivalent of Word's autocorrect*? Could you create a bunch of  
shortcuts that don't sound like regular parts of speech and bind them  
to commands (particularly ones that force you to contort your hands)  
rather than using the software to type spoken words? My understanding  
is that some voice recognition software allows you to speak in such a  
way as to identify your words as interface commands rather than  
treating your speech as typing whereas other software lets you use  
the software exclusively to control the interface.

* For that matter, if Frame doesn't have a good autocorrect feature,  
why not install a copy of Word so you can use its autocorrect? You  
could then drag and drop (or copy and paste) the expanded text into  
Frame. There are a great many stereotypical phrases we all type  
repeatedly that could be more easily automated. Some thoughts about  
this and other forms of automation: http://www.geoff-hart.com/ 
resources/2005/efficiency.htm


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