Probably better for r/showerthoughts - but is anyone using emacs without a keyboard?

I assume the core audience of emacs is devs and sysadmins (and perhaps academics with org and org roam)

But surely somebody somewhere is doing those jobs / using assistive tech (dragon etc?) to interface with emacs?

  • permetz@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For a long while, when RMS had severe tendonitis in his hands and wrists, he had a succession of volunteers who typed for him, and he would literally say things to them like “C-f C-f C-k C-p C-a C-y” for hours on end while he worked. They were human voice recognition systems.

    • bradmont@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Ahh, so his tendonitis treatment was to transfer his tendonitis to unsuspecting fans? I always suspected Emacs was some sort of witchcraft.