Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by AndrewSChapman 2783 days ago
I've seen some programmers code using voice. This is really handy for people without functiong hands or fingers. They tend to use voice recognition software like Dragon and various plugins.

I'd say from a programming language point of view, having keywords that are short (single word would be ideal) and phonetically distinct is really important.

One python programmer I watched on Youtube made his own vocabulary of strange sounds that he trained his software to recognise and translate to real keywords.

2 comments

This might be the programmer in question. Pretty impressive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SkdfdXWYaI

I'm so glad voice recognition is a thing. I have a weird tendon disorder and suffer from some pain/discomfort daily. So far I have been using my hands but I'm always worried about not being able to type in the future. I'm glad I won't have to rely on disability because career/work is so important to me.