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Yesterday I asked a friend to hold my hand virtually while I set up text to speech on my phone. Four the last week or so my left hand has been hurting as well as my right hand and making things harder for me.

So I wanted to try more hands-free things. So far using text to speech feels kind of strange. I don't really talk the way I write. It's also a little bit odd not having to think so much about spelling. Yesterday I wanted to talk about vampireism, normally I would have to think pretty hard to spell that. But text to speech just knows how it spelled.

The other thing I'm trying at the moment is that I've taped a stylus the back of my hand so that I can use it to turn pages on my e-reader and push buttons on my phone using mostly my elbow instead of my wrist. It worked well for reading last night and I used it with my phone this morning. I think it's going to take a little practice to figure out exactly the best angle to tape it at. But I'm pleased that I thought of this.

I'm not enjoying having my hands hurt but at least I'm figuring out some workarounds.

Date: 2023-03-08 11:01 am (UTC)
goodbyebird: Our Flag Means Death: Stede removing a bit of food from Ed's beard, surrounded by lush greenery. Picnic of the year!! (OFMD is this really happening?)
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I'm sorry about the hand pain, but you seem to be finding some solid work arounds!

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