Do you spend a lot of time at the computer? Do you do a lot of typing, in particular, repetitive typing? If your answer is yes, keep reading. Do you type well? In my case, I type a lot but am a poor typist. That means lots of re-reading and lots of re-typing. Over time, I have come up with a number of techniques to overcome the problem of typing a lot and typing poorly.
More recently, I have also found that my fingers and wrists and sometimes even my arms and shoulders hurt when I sit for long periods and time at the computer.
There are a number of solutions:
- I could stop typing: but of course this is not really a solution.
- I could get someone else to type for me: works to some extent, but is costly.
- I could learn to type better: I have learnt to type faster now, but still make lots of errors that need constant correcting.
- I could find a way to expand words or phrases or sentences or paragraphs or even whole documents that I type repeatedly. This is going to be the first exciting software product that I plan to share.
- I could use software to dictate what I am saying, instead of physically typing it with my fingers. I am in fact, speaking my thoughts right now, but more about dictation software later.
Are you excited? I know I was when I first started using software to help me with my poor typing and sore fingers. I look forward to sharing more in future posts.