How One Programmer Is Coding Faster By Voice Than Keyboard
Is it possible that we have been wasting our time typing programs. Could voice recognition, with a little help from an invented spoken language, be the solution we didn't know we needed?
About two years ago Tavis Rudd, developed a bad case of RSI caused by typing lots of code using Emacs. It was so severe that his hands went numb and he could no longer work. After trying all of the standard "conventional" solutions, such as different keyboard and generally paying attention to the ergonomics of his work station, nothing helped. As he puts it: "Desperate, I tried voice recognition".
If you have tried voice recognition, especially if it was a few years ago, you probably think that the project is doomed to failure. Even if you tried voice recognition recently, and discovered it has got a lot better, you probably still think that talking your code isn't going to work.
