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> The FSF hired typists for me part of the day... That must have been a job from hell, probably went through a lot of them!

• falcolas 6y ago
  Manual transcription is still a thing today. Stenographers being one of the more well-known examples.
  • zozbot234 6y ago
    Stenotype keyboards are way better from a RSI point of view, though. Unfortunately, no one has come up with the "theories" or systems that would allow use of them for specialized input like programming.
    • jrockway 6y ago
      I've seen a few conference presentations about using steno for programming. It does seem to involve building your own library of commands, but people seem to have done it and use it daily.
    • kybernetikos 6y ago
      Plover is often used for this, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRFKZGWrmrM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRFKZGWrmrM http://www.openstenoproject.org/plover/ http://www.openstenoproject.org/plover/