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Re: Look, no hands

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Post by melling »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #121
melling wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are confusing RSI and carpel tunnel. You don't treat RSI with surgery.

The author wrote: "... ended up working roughly 10-15 hours per day. I felt very proud of myself for working so hard and I remember joking about my arms the day I started noticing a slight tingling sensation in my fingers. if I had only known..." She called it RSI and described classic carpal tunnel. Without the additional detail provided by the author, carpal tunnel is consistent with here description.

Slight tingling in the fingers could mean RSI too. Most people get RSI and not carpel tunnel.

http://www.amazon.com/Its-Carpal-Tunnel-Syndrome-Professiona...

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by kristofferR »

liveoneggs wrote: post #122
mvandy wrote: post #69

I'm Michelle (the girl in the video). This thread is really fascinating to me. I'll add some more details to the discussion below. I was diagnosed with epicodylitis (tennis albow) and I tried a range of different treatments: electrical therapy, accipunture, anti-inflammatory tablets and some kind of light therapy(?) But without any results (probably why I can't remember the last treatment). Also notised there were so…

You might be interested to learn about John Ousterhout- a pretty famous computer guy with RSI. http://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ousterhout

The guy at Ars Technica who writes the fantastic OS X reviews, John Siracusa, also has RSI. He uses Dragon Dictate to write most of his articles.

He recently discussed RSI in length in an episode of the Pragmatic podcast: http://techdistortion.com/podcasts/pragmatic/episode-50-acci...

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by joshschreuder »

noonespecial wrote: post #68

File in the "for what its worth" file: When I started to get some pain in my wrists, I noticed it most when I was using photoshop and clicking a great deal. I tore apart an old USB mouse and wired a pair of foot switches in so I could click with my feet as well. It helped quite a bit. Now I rather prefer it, especially the right click action.

Do you play the piano? I wonder if doing something like this would affect or improve your ability to play piano. I always found one of the hardest things to learn was the pedal rhythm while playing.

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by auvi »

melling wrote: post #130
auvi wrote: post #13

I remember CMU (or a site that was linked from a links page in CMU vision site) had a project called Nouse where you can operate the computer with a video camera using your nose. The nose doesn't touch anything.

This product? http://www.nouse.ca

yes this one! it didn't show up in the first 10 in my google search for "Nouse".

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by rndn »

liveoneggs wrote: post #122
mvandy wrote: post #69

I'm Michelle (the girl in the video). This thread is really fascinating to me. I'll add some more details to the discussion below. I was diagnosed with epicodylitis (tennis albow) and I tried a range of different treatments: electrical therapy, accipunture, anti-inflammatory tablets and some kind of light therapy(?) But without any results (probably why I can't remember the last treatment). Also notised there were so…

You might be interested to learn about John Ousterhout- a pretty famous computer guy with RSI. http://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ousterhout

Three more resources:

http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~cscott/rsi.html

http://www.rsipain.com/

http://www.amazon.com/Repetitive-Strain-Injury-Computer-User...

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by melling »

kristofferR wrote: post #132
liveoneggs wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might be interested to learn about John Ousterhout- a pretty famous computer guy with RSI. http://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ousterhout

The guy at Ars Technica who writes the fantastic OS X reviews, John Siracusa, also has RSI. He uses Dragon Dictate to write most of his articles. He recently discussed RSI in length in an episode of the Pragmatic podcast: http://techdistortion.com/podcasts/pragmatic/episode-50-acci...

@26m John explains that it's really hard to get a diagnosis for the actual problem. You'll get all kinds of advice on the web where people will tell you to go to a doctor. Unfortunately, it's really hard for a doctor to determine the source of the problem.

About a minute later he explains how the problem might not even be in your hands, it could be in your shoulder, for example, but you might feel the pain in your hands.

@1:16:25 keyboard discussion

@1:26:00 keyboard layouts

@1:36:10 Is it all in your head?

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by m48 »

iamcreasy wrote: post #40
m48 wrote: post #24

I also have hand problems. I use speech recognition to type everything, including code, and a game controller to move around the mouse. The controller I'm currently using, a PS4 controller, has a trackpad in the middle, so I was able to mash that against my face and give her technique a shot. It works better than you'd think. The PS4 trackpad isn't exactly brilliant, but I can move around the mouse and click on what…

> don't bother looking around, the source code of this was never released But the video like has a comment(1 week old) from Tavis Rudd linking github repository of his code : https://github.com/dictation-toolbox . And about your setup, please do post it! :)

I'm not completely sure it's his code. In his comments, he says it is for "those who are interested in trying something like this," and the readmes of most of the repos thank Tavis Rudd for inspiration, which would be a little strange if he wrote them. It might be based on his system, though, since he said he had privately sent some people his code. I haven't looked into it too much, though.

You can find my setup on GitHub fairly easily right now (my screenname's the same), but at the moment a good portion of the code is embarrassingly terrible. Making voice commands to code while using those voice commands to code is predictably awkward. Besides, I want to write some documentation on how to get it working and stuff.

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by JosieRC »

Hi, your article was really inspirational, very well written and indicative of your amazing motivation and passion for your career. Dystonias are neurological disorders that can cause muscle spasms and cramping and do not go away with rest, anti-inflammatories, trigger point therapy, etc. Unfortunately dystonias are often misdiagnosed and untreated, even sometimes by well-trained specialists. The main treatment for dystonia-related conditions is Botox. I have cervical dystonia and have had wonderful success with Botox. To correctly diagnose a dystonia you need to see a neurologist that specializes in movement disorders.

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by deepGem »

And here I am complaining about the weather. You are a true inspiration. Great going Michelle and I hope that one day your epicondilytis gets cured.

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by melling »

melling wrote: post #136
kristofferR wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The guy at Ars Technica who writes the fantastic OS X reviews, John Siracusa, also has RSI. He uses Dragon Dictate to write most of his articles. He recently discussed RSI in length in an episode of the Pragmatic podcast: http://techdistortion.com/podcasts/pragmatic/episode-50-acci...

@26m John explains that it's really hard to get a diagnosis for the actual problem. You'll get all kinds of advice on the web where people will tell you to go to a doctor. Unfortunately, it's really hard for a doctor to determine the source of the problem. About a minute later he explains how the problem might not even be in your hands, it could be in your shoulder, for example, but you might feel the pain in your ha…

I added this information and others in this thread to my RSI org notes: http://thespanishsite.com/public_html/org/ergo/rsi.html
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