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Would maybe Whisper speech recognition be a simpler setup? Or here's a giant keyboard: https://www.whiteclouds.com/blog/giant-computer-keyboard-prop/ https://w
by solardev 2y ago
Would maybe Whisper speech recognition be a simpler setup?
Or here's a giant keyboard: https://www.whiteclouds.com/blog/giant-computer-keyboard-prop/ https://www.whiteclouds.com/blog/giant-computer-keyboard-pro...
DIY version: https://hackaday.com/2022/08/27/giant-keyboard-is-just-our-type https://hackaday.com/2022/08/27/giant-keyboard-is-just-our-t...
For a software keyboard, I think the usual term is "onscreen keyboard" and most operating systems have one built-in somewhere. You can probably configure Autohotkey to function similarly.
The Xbox Adaptive Controller might be a source of inspiration: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-controller https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adap...
If you can't map everything to a button directly, maybe using different modes/chords in combination with an on-screen keyboard could work? It would likely be a lot slower than regular typing though.
Have you already tried different ergonomic keyboards, such as softer switches, split layouts, curved or vertical layouts, etc.?
- coderatlarge 2y agoWow the giant keyboard is making me consider alternatives. Maybe I could make a large mat to put on the desk that I could tap with a fist or open palm, switching strain to the full arm instead of just the wrist. To your point about speech recognition and alternative keyboards: I’ve tried a bunch of things over the years, including split, curved, chorded etc. It might be time to re-revisit all of that in case things have changed. With every wave of the problem, motivation changes so even if the device wasn’t ideal at a previous time it might be acceptable now.
- coderatlarge 2y agoWoah the Xbox adaptive controller is pretty interesting as well. Sort of a remapping hub for other devices.