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Ask HN: Anyone voice code? I had a stroke and can't use my left side

57 points by hu3 5y ago

Perhaps the amazing HN community could help this fellow dev: https://old.reddit.com/r/csharp/comments/s46twv/anyone_voice_code_i_had_a_stroke_and_cant_use_my https://old.reddit.com/r/csharp/comments/s46twv/anyone_voice...

brokenmachine 5y ago
Not an answer to the exact question you're asking, but have you considered the right-handed dvorak layout?
friendlydog 5y ago
Not voice but a one handed solution: Twiddler
cafard 5y ago
https://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php https://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php is about RSI, not a stroke, but some of it may be relevant.
helph67 5y ago
Here's a collection of no code resources that may help. https://trello.com/b/A4OmiAWb/100-no-code-resources https://trello.com/b/A4OmiAWb/100-no-code-resources
jstx1 5y ago
Voice Driven Development, Emily Shea - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKuRkGkf5HU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKuRkGkf5HU
peterbecich 5y ago
How about Talon? I've never used it, though. https://youtu.be/X6rsA0Svh2M https://youtu.be/X6rsA0Svh2M https://talonvoice.com/ https://talonvoice.com/
aschwant 5y ago
There is a great Changelog episode on hands-free coding: https://changelog.com/podcast/423 https://changelog.com/podcast/423
peterhadlaw 5y ago
https://youtu.be/8SkdfdXWYaI https://youtu.be/8SkdfdXWYaI
daanzu 5y ago
I have been coding entirely by voice for approximately 10 years now (by hand long before that). Most of that time I have been using the Dragonfly (https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/dragonfly https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/dragonfly) library to construct my own customized voice coding system. The library is highly flexible and open source, allowing you to easily customize everything to suit what you need to be productive. It is perhaps the power user analogue to Dragon Naturally Speaking. With it, you can certainly be highly productive coding by voice. In fact, I develop kaldi-active-grammar (https://github.com/daanzu/kaldi-active-grammar https://github.com/daanzu/kaldi-active-grammar), a free and open source speech recognition backend usable by Dragonfly, itself entirely by voice. There's also a community of voice coders using Dragonfly and other tools that build on top of it, such as Caster (https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/Caster https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/Caster).
mastah88 5y ago
- Cerebrolysin - Cortexin - BPC157 (nasal spray) - Semax - Selank - Seleginine - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (but has to be enough atmospheric pressure) - Xantohumol Those will help you recover. I am not a doctor - always consult with a doctor, but those are researched to help in cases like yours.
- ylere 5y ago
  Can Bpc157 actually be administered intranasally? I remember reading about it a while ago and the usual route being subq injections.
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gnicholas 5y ago
There are one-handed keyboards available, like this one. [1] When typing, you hold the space bar as a modifier key to type the mirror image key from the opposite side of the keyboard (so a "D" is typed by holding space bar and pressing "K"). I have the left-handed version, which has a smaller footprint. I bought it years ago and was able to type about 3/4 of my normal speed, including code. The price appears to have skyrocketed — I paid around $100, and it's now $600. Hopefully your employer can cover this! 1: https://matias.store/collections/ergo/products/half-qwerty-508-keyboard https://matias.store/collections/ergo/products/half-qwerty-5...

57 points by hu3 5y ago

brokenmachine 5y ago

Not an answer to the exact question you're asking, but have you considered the right-handed dvorak layout?

friendlydog 5y ago

Not voice but a one handed solution: Twiddler

cafard 5y ago

https://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php https://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php is about RSI, not a stroke, but some of it may be relevant.

helph67 5y ago

Here's a collection of no code resources that may help. https://trello.com/b/A4OmiAWb/100-no-code-resources https://trello.com/b/A4OmiAWb/100-no-code-resources

jstx1 5y ago

Voice Driven Development, Emily Shea - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKuRkGkf5HU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKuRkGkf5HU

peterbecich 5y ago

How about Talon? I've never used it, though. https://youtu.be/X6rsA0Svh2M https://youtu.be/X6rsA0Svh2M https://talonvoice.com/ https://talonvoice.com/

aschwant 5y ago

There is a great Changelog episode on hands-free coding: https://changelog.com/podcast/423 https://changelog.com/podcast/423

peterhadlaw 5y ago

https://youtu.be/8SkdfdXWYaI https://youtu.be/8SkdfdXWYaI

daanzu 5y ago

I have been coding entirely by voice for approximately 10 years now (by hand long before that). Most of that time I have been using the Dragonfly (https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/dragonfly https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/dragonfly) library to construct my own customized voice coding system. The library is highly flexible and open source, allowing you to easily customize everything to suit what you need to be productive. It is perhaps the power user analogue to Dragon Naturally Speaking. With it, you can certainly be highly productive coding by voice. In fact, I develop kaldi-active-grammar (https://github.com/daanzu/kaldi-active-grammar https://github.com/daanzu/kaldi-active-grammar), a free and open source speech recognition backend usable by Dragonfly, itself entirely by voice. There's also a community of voice coders using Dragonfly and other tools that build on top of it, such as Caster (https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/Caster https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/Caster).

mastah88 5y ago

- Cerebrolysin - Cortexin - BPC157 (nasal spray) - Semax - Selank - Seleginine - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (but has to be enough atmospheric pressure) - Xantohumol Those will help you recover. I am not a doctor - always consult with a doctor, but those are researched to help in cases like yours.

ylere 5y ago
Can Bpc157 actually be administered intranasally? I remember reading about it a while ago and the usual route being subq injections.

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gnicholas 5y ago

There are one-handed keyboards available, like this one. [1] When typing, you hold the space bar as a modifier key to type the mirror image key from the opposite side of the keyboard (so a "D" is typed by holding space bar and pressing "K"). I have the left-handed version, which has a smaller footprint. I bought it years ago and was able to type about 3/4 of my normal speed, including code. The price appears to have skyrocketed — I paid around $100, and it's now $600. Hopefully your employer can cover this! 1: https://matias.store/collections/ergo/products/half-qwerty-508-keyboard https://matias.store/collections/ergo/products/half-qwerty-5...