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That sounds exhausting. "Open this program" "Minimize" "Focus on this text input" ..dictate.. "switch to command mode" "save and close" i'd rather just:

That sounds exhausting. "Open this program" "Minimize" "Focus on this text input" ..dictate.. "switch to command mode" "save and close" i'd rather just: "click click tab type ctrl-S"

cf 5y ago
Most of these systems entail developing a shorthand. For operations you expect to do a lot you assign one-syllable commands.
- marginalia_nu 5y ago
  Let's not create a false dichotomy between mouse control and voice control. There are other alternatives that are arguably less handicapping than being reduced to voice commands.
sp332 5y ago
The post is about people who physically can't do that.
- warrenm 5y ago
  OP claims the market is "huge" It's not It's tiny (at best) Tiny markets don't tend to get much attention
  - falcolas 5y ago
    It's a market (that is, the market for people with motor control issues in their hands) that every single human on earth (that doesn't die first) will be in later in their lives.
  - wnolens 5y ago
    Bingo
falcolas 5y ago
The actions are a bit more like "move mouse to this 100x100 pixel square, click twice within 100ms" "move mouse to this 20x20 pixel square, click once" "Move mouse to this 100x1000 pixel rectangle, click once" "Type text at a rate 1/5 (1/2 if you're particularly fast) speaking rate" "Move your pinkie (your weakest finger) to 'ctrl' and click, move your index to 's' and click, release both, verify it worked with a visual cue then either another 20x20 mouse maneuver, or "move your thumb to 'alt', and your index finger to 'f4' (assuming you have access to the function keys), click and release" Moving a mouse to a very specific spot on a screen is a relatively slow - and hard if you have any motor control issues - task.
- wnolens 5y ago
  You're right. But OP didn't understand why it doesn't exist because "market is so big." I presumed they meant more than the extreme edge of RSI sufferers. So I ran the thought experiment. I've had a mild RSI. The solution was get fancy ergo mouse/keyboard/desk/chair, and retrain myself. I've even seen a guy use a joystick instead of a mouse.

That sounds exhausting. "Open this program" "Minimize" "Focus on this text input" ..dictate.. "switch to command mode" "save and close" i'd rather just: "click click tab type ctrl-S"

cf 5y ago

Most of these systems entail developing a shorthand. For operations you expect to do a lot you assign one-syllable commands.

marginalia_nu 5y ago
Let's not create a false dichotomy between mouse control and voice control. There are other alternatives that are arguably less handicapping than being reduced to voice commands.

sp332 5y ago

The post is about people who physically can't do that.

warrenm 5y ago
OP claims the market is "huge" It's not It's tiny (at best) Tiny markets don't tend to get much attention
- falcolas 5y ago
  It's a market (that is, the market for people with motor control issues in their hands) that every single human on earth (that doesn't die first) will be in later in their lives.
- wnolens 5y ago
  Bingo

falcolas 5y ago

The actions are a bit more like "move mouse to this 100x100 pixel square, click twice within 100ms" "move mouse to this 20x20 pixel square, click once" "Move mouse to this 100x1000 pixel rectangle, click once" "Type text at a rate 1/5 (1/2 if you're particularly fast) speaking rate" "Move your pinkie (your weakest finger) to 'ctrl' and click, move your index to 's' and click, release both, verify it worked with a visual cue then either another 20x20 mouse maneuver, or "move your thumb to 'alt', and your index finger to 'f4' (assuming you have access to the function keys), click and release" Moving a mouse to a very specific spot on a screen is a relatively slow - and hard if you have any motor control issues - task.

wnolens 5y ago
You're right. But OP didn't understand why it doesn't exist because "market is so big." I presumed they meant more than the extreme edge of RSI sufferers. So I ran the thought experiment. I've had a mild RSI. The solution was get fancy ergo mouse/keyboard/desk/chair, and retrain myself. I've even seen a guy use a joystick instead of a mouse.