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Subject:RSI From:richard <BACKLUND -at- GVG47 -dot- GVG -dot- TEK -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 6 May 1994 07:34:17 -0700
Greetings
I have found that my wrist and hand problems are
slowly going away since I changed from a mouse to
a pen and tablet. The tablet has several advantages:
1) The pen puts my hand in a more natural position.
2) When I am doing lots of editing or drawing I
set the tablet on my lap. This seems to be
a more relaxing position.
3) The tablet I use (MacHandwriter) has some basic
handwriting recognition capibility. For simple
edits or entering data into dialog boxes I don't
have to go the the keyboard.
4) The pen has a "command" button which converts
what is written into a command. for example,
holding down the button and writing a "c"
will close a document. This is the same as
holding the command key and typing a "c"
Richard Backlund
Technical Writer
Grass Valley Group
backlund -at- gvg47 -dot- gvg -dot- tek -dot- com
