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software help for tennis elbow
I am typing this using Dragon naturally speaking voice recognition software. In other words I'm not using the keyboard I'm simply dictating into a microphone. Hopefully this will help my tendinitis ( tennis elbow) heal faster. Not much of the test but it does seem to be working pretty well and hopefully will make both my physical therapist and myself and the tendons in my forearms very happy. Too early to say whether I recommend this software for others in my position but I will report back. The speed and accuracy are more than I expected, however I'm not used dictating so the process does feel a bit strange.
with Dragon version 10, the voice training only took maybe 15 minutes. I was able to dictate with accuracy almost from the beginning. Learning the mini keyboard commands such as scrolling up, scrolling down, clicking on links, opening programs, searching the web, etc., took more time both to learn and to execute -- as the commands didn't always work as accurately as simple dictation, like I'm doing now. Corrections, such as spelling, correcting a word, adding or deleting, are also more complicated than simple dictation.
Do I prefer the software to a keyboard and touchpad? Not at all. Of course, that's everything being equal. But everything is not equal. If I use the keyboard and touchpad my tendinitis is aggravated. If I use a software instead, it's not.
Next step, maybe the foot mouse, then in theory will eliminate the difficult procedures of the software such as mentioned. In other words, the voice recognition software for dictation, and a foot mouse for mouse commands and scrolling etc.
Do I prefer the software to a keyboard and touchpad? Not at all. Of course, that's everything being equal. But everything is not equal. If I use the keyboard and touchpad my tendinitis is aggravated. If I use a software instead, it's not.
Next step, maybe the foot mouse, then in theory will eliminate the difficult procedures of the software such as mentioned. In other words, the voice recognition software for dictation, and a foot mouse for mouse commands and scrolling etc.
I tried dragon and IBM's version...and went totally nuts, took more time to train and correct than to just type....(of course now with both elbows wrists and fingers demylinating I should try a newer version...might help...
anywho, now you know why I never spell check...it's too much and my hands and brain give out...so how long did it take you to dictate and correct that little bit....???
cause after a while most of us are up to 30-100 words per minute even without a typing course..
did you have to "train" the dang thing for hours....that's what irked me,,,one of them I trained for hours, and then it lost my data and still couldn't recognized half of what I said...even though the nuns, my teachers, were sticklers for annunciation..
Hey I just made a funny....nuns for annunciation......that's gotta be cosmically significant, or not.
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anywho, now you know why I never spell check...it's too much and my hands and brain give out...so how long did it take you to dictate and correct that little bit....???
cause after a while most of us are up to 30-100 words per minute even without a typing course..
did you have to "train" the dang thing for hours....that's what irked me,,,one of them I trained for hours, and then it lost my data and still couldn't recognized half of what I said...even though the nuns, my teachers, were sticklers for annunciation..
Hey I just made a funny....nuns for annunciation......that's gotta be cosmically significant, or not.
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Mmm.... my tennis elbow was lifting weights as in supermarket shopping .. seeing how many bags I could carry at once way back when I thought I was superwoman.
I'm sure its a combination of both the boys bringing in the shopping, and my having a good rest from work. I did develop tendonitis of my opposite wrist and the nurse at work advised me that I probably have an underlying 'inflammatory' condition (wow - who told her??). I managed to get a wrist support and had acupuncture (12 sessions), but the tennis elbow 'needed to rest'.
I'm still managing with a stepper and walking but I agree, Gauf, my arms are becoming geriatric :-).....
I'm sure its a combination of both the boys bringing in the shopping, and my having a good rest from work. I did develop tendonitis of my opposite wrist and the nurse at work advised me that I probably have an underlying 'inflammatory' condition (wow - who told her??). I managed to get a wrist support and had acupuncture (12 sessions), but the tennis elbow 'needed to rest'.
I'm still managing with a stepper and walking but I agree, Gauf, my arms are becoming geriatric :-).....
Yikes, I too have developed tennis elbow from lifting weights! Hurts. Hope it heals soon before I flab out.
Way back when I was still a programmer at IBM they were working on software recognition. They used to have people go in an read into a microphone a list of words (they gave us free lunch and had the best cafe in the world so everyone wanted to do it).
I never could understand though why they had all us NY'ers in there doing it because you know our dialect is a bit absurd (even though I try hard not to have it any longer) - so if you try saying Tawk and Cawfee, Fawl and Dawg do they come out the right words now?
Just curious to see how much we helped ;)
I never could understand though why they had all us NY'ers in there doing it because you know our dialect is a bit absurd (even though I try hard not to have it any longer) - so if you try saying Tawk and Cawfee, Fawl and Dawg do they come out the right words now?
Just curious to see how much we helped ;)
I think I'll pass. Sounds like too much hassle. I need one that can think, too. So I don't have to do that, too. :-) LOL
CS,
Alas, but tennis elbow is in most cases not from playing tennis. Such as with me. Probably from weightlifting and/or other activities. Also involved, are my wrist and forearm, which is often the case. In addition, having tingling and some numbness in the fingers. The latter, is not classical tennis elbow, so there may be other things going on, with possible nerve/neck involvement. I've had a few other out of the blue muscular/nerve issues since treating. So maybe it's the interferon, or maybe it's the Lipitor I took for a number of months. Or just getting older. LOL.
As to the software itself, I don't have much to compare this software two. But my guess is that there is a big difference between the better software and what comes free with some operating systems. The exception being the voice recognition software built into Vista. Supposedly, that's quite excellent. That said, there is a learning curve.
The dictation part is pretty easy. Harder, is learning the commands, such as going back to insert or delete a word, or moving around the webpage.
Christina,
Interferon often appears to have anti-inflammatory properties. Either that or you've been giving your arm of physical rest, as you mentioned. If it's the former, hopefully it will not return when you stop treating. That said, some have reported various aches and pains that disappeared during treatment, only to return when the interferon was stopped. In that case, you can get your specialist to write you an RX for some force recognition software!
All the best,
Jim
Alas, but tennis elbow is in most cases not from playing tennis. Such as with me. Probably from weightlifting and/or other activities. Also involved, are my wrist and forearm, which is often the case. In addition, having tingling and some numbness in the fingers. The latter, is not classical tennis elbow, so there may be other things going on, with possible nerve/neck involvement. I've had a few other out of the blue muscular/nerve issues since treating. So maybe it's the interferon, or maybe it's the Lipitor I took for a number of months. Or just getting older. LOL.
As to the software itself, I don't have much to compare this software two. But my guess is that there is a big difference between the better software and what comes free with some operating systems. The exception being the voice recognition software built into Vista. Supposedly, that's quite excellent. That said, there is a learning curve.
The dictation part is pretty easy. Harder, is learning the commands, such as going back to insert or delete a word, or moving around the webpage.
Christina,
Interferon often appears to have anti-inflammatory properties. Either that or you've been giving your arm of physical rest, as you mentioned. If it's the former, hopefully it will not return when you stop treating. That said, some have reported various aches and pains that disappeared during treatment, only to return when the interferon was stopped. In that case, you can get your specialist to write you an RX for some force recognition software!
All the best,
Jim
I went to a specialist who was so excited he dictated a letter while I was there to show me how clever it was! I have to say, Jim, that the software you have is giving a much better text than his did (or is it the user?) hehe.
My tennis elbow (and tendonitis in my other wrist) seem to have disappeared during tx (or is it because I've been walking but not working, and my hubby carrys the supermarket stuff now :-)...
My tennis elbow (and tendonitis in my other wrist) seem to have disappeared during tx (or is it because I've been walking but not working, and my hubby carrys the supermarket stuff now :-)...
I think you will find it less frustrating if you just stop playing Tennis.
Thats the best way to fix Tennis Elbow.
Speech recognition software will drive you nutz. Its still somewhat buggy.
CS
Thats the best way to fix Tennis Elbow.
Speech recognition software will drive you nutz. Its still somewhat buggy.
CS
LOL is easy. All I have to do is pronounce three letters quickly one after the other. The other one not so easy. The software recognizes the letters and they appear in a little box but for some reason they don't appear on the page. Frankly, I'm ready to pick up the manual to study up a little, but of course, like with all these modern programs, there is no manual. Just an overly organized -- meaning somewhat disjointed -- online help function. Of course, I could print that out, except my printer went on the fritz today. LOL. Maybe I'll tell a dragon to go fix it. Go Dragon go fix my printer. LOL.
How cool! I want one too. No tennis elbows or fingers here.....just laziness =)
My question is ...how do you make it do LOL? Do you actually have to laugh out loud? Or if you were to say ROFL...would you actually have to do it??? Or what would happen if you were ROFLMAO...ouch....
LOL!
Isobella
My question is ...how do you make it do LOL? Do you actually have to laugh out loud? Or if you were to say ROFL...would you actually have to do it??? Or what would happen if you were ROFLMAO...ouch....
LOL!
Isobella
yes the software is pretty cool. Next up is to teach it to take out the garbage, do the laundry, and satisfied Jenna on those nights when I'd just rather watch TV. Now wouldn't that be great!
Good to hear from you CDW.
All the best,
Jim
Good to hear from you CDW.
All the best,
Jim
using Windows XP. Not sure if available for Mac. The company is Nuance so you can probably check their website to see if they have a Mac compatible version. As you can see, I'm still new and before example, didn't know how to either spell your name capitalize the first letter of the post. Of course I could read the manual LOL but that isn't likely for all while. Meanwhile, I can always cheap by making corrections with the keyboard which I've done in this post but only twice to delete something that didn't come out right. All in all it's working a lot better then I thought it would. And once you learn the commands, you can even open programs with it scroll up and down, go to a bookmark, pretty much do anything you could do with a keyboard.
For example, if you want a
All you have to say is
You'll notice, that something is missing at the end of both of the previous lines. And that was a command which for some reason I cannot dictate or the command will take place. I guess that's what the user manual is for LOL paragraph
Regards
Jim
For example, if you want a
All you have to say is
You'll notice, that something is missing at the end of both of the previous lines. And that was a command which for some reason I cannot dictate or the command will take place. I guess that's what the user manual is for LOL paragraph
Regards
Jim
Luxury, Mr. Executive Director! I want a private secretary, too. ;-) And it even spells correctly. I wonder what 'appens if you 'ave a French accent... Yay, sounds like fun!
Joke aside. Is this a mac software you're using?
Marcia
Joke aside. Is this a mac software you're using?
Marcia
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