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State of Voice Coding – 2017

5 points by geewee 9y ago

DrReinhold 9y ago
Thanks for this, was searching for something similar the other day, an overview is really missing in this field.
geewee 9y ago
I wrote this after having suffered from some pretty severe RSI a few years back and dabbling with coding by voice. In general I think the landscape is a little hard to comprehend, so I'm hoping this might help someone who's interested in trying it out.
SquareBalls 9y ago
Nicely done, I had no idea that so many where working on this stuff!
melling 9y ago
I have a list of programming by voice resources on Github: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/programming_by_voice.org https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra... There’s a section on RSI too: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README.org https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...
- geewee 9y ago
  That is a very comprehensive RSI article list - what's your story?
  - melling 9y ago
    The short answer is that I wanted to crowd source other people’s stories in one place to give others a head start. I’ve had my own issues and I’ve been reading stories like yours for decades. The creator of Tcl, for example, goes back to the 1990’s: https://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php https://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php Programmers without issues will rant about how they can’t imagine ever not using a keyboard, so progress on voice coding is slow. Try reposting your story at different times. You almost got enough upvotes. This story once went to #1: http://www.looknohands.me http://www.looknohands.me
    - geewee 9y ago
      Yeah that makes sense. And then once you do suffer from RSI, you can't do much work to create voice-coding ;) I think I'll try that. Perhaps it was a little early for the US to post it.
      - melling 9y ago
        Also, I’d recommend an iPad with cheap styluses to reduce computer typing. e.g email, surfing, HN responses, etc https://www.amazon.com/Stylus-LIBERRWAY-Universal-Capacitive-Samsung/dp/B01IHBVGOM/ https://www.amazon.com/Stylus-LIBERRWAY-Universal-Capacitive... Unless the Mind Body Approach works, I don’t see many people cured of RSI (i.e it can easily return). Simply remove the physical keyboard whenever possible. My feeling is that voice as a user interface might arrive soon: https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/voice-as-a-user-interface-is-almost-here/ https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/voice-as-a-user-inte... Once people accept it, phones, tablets, and computers will get a better voice interface.

5 points by geewee 9y ago

Thanks for this, was searching for something similar the other day, an overview is really missing in this field.

I wrote this after having suffered from some pretty severe RSI a few years back and dabbling with coding by voice. In general I think the landscape is a little hard to comprehend, so I'm hoping this might help someone who's interested in trying it out.

SquareBalls 9y ago

Nicely done, I had no idea that so many where working on this stuff!

melling 9y ago

I have a list of programming by voice resources on Github: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/programming_by_voice.org https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra... There’s a section on RSI too: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README.org https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...

geewee 9y ago
That is a very comprehensive RSI article list - what's your story?
- melling 9y ago
  The short answer is that I wanted to crowd source other people’s stories in one place to give others a head start. I’ve had my own issues and I’ve been reading stories like yours for decades. The creator of Tcl, for example, goes back to the 1990’s: https://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php https://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php Programmers without issues will rant about how they can’t imagine ever not using a keyboard, so progress on voice coding is slow. Try reposting your story at different times. You almost got enough upvotes. This story once went to #1: http://www.looknohands.me http://www.looknohands.me
  - geewee 9y ago
    Yeah that makes sense. And then once you do suffer from RSI, you can't do much work to create voice-coding ;) I think I'll try that. Perhaps it was a little early for the US to post it.
    - melling 9y ago
      Also, I’d recommend an iPad with cheap styluses to reduce computer typing. e.g email, surfing, HN responses, etc https://www.amazon.com/Stylus-LIBERRWAY-Universal-Capacitive-Samsung/dp/B01IHBVGOM/ https://www.amazon.com/Stylus-LIBERRWAY-Universal-Capacitive... Unless the Mind Body Approach works, I don’t see many people cured of RSI (i.e it can easily return). Simply remove the physical keyboard whenever possible. My feeling is that voice as a user interface might arrive soon: https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/voice-as-a-user-interface-is-almost-here/ https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/voice-as-a-user-inte... Once people accept it, phones, tablets, and computers will get a better voice interface.