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- Subject: FAQ: Typing Injuries (1/5): Mods since last month [monthly posting]
- Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.med.occupational,comp.human-factors,sci.answers,comp.answers,news.answers
- From: Dan Wallach <dwallach@cs.princeton.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 00:00:22 GMT
-
- Archive-name: typing-injury-faq/changes
- Version: $Revision: 1.24 $ $Date: 1994/10/25 23:38:57 $
-
- Prologue
- --------
-
- (Sorry for reposting this file so soon, but there were some typos that
- I don't want hanging around all the archives -- Dan)
-
- This FAQ may be cited as:
-
- Wallach, Dan S. (1994) "Typing Injury FAQ: Changes since last
- month" Usenet news.answers. Available via anonymous ftp from
- rtfm.mit.edu in pub/usenet/news.answers/typing-injury-faq/changes. 2 pages.
-
- World-Wide-Web users will find this available as hypertext:
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/typing-injury-faq/top.html
-
- (Dan Wallach's page) http://www.cs.princeton.edu/grad/dwallach/
-
- This file details changes to the ftp.csua.berkeley.edu archive and summarizes
- what's new in the various FAQ (frequently asked questions) documents.
- This will be posted monthly, along with the full FAQ to the various net
- groups. The various mailing lists will either receive the full FAQ
- every month, or every third month, but will always get this file, once
- per month. Phew!
-
- Changes to the Typing Injury FAQ and ftp.csua.berkeley.edu archive, this month
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- New files in the typing-injury archive
- ======================================
-
- It's all available at ftp.csua.berkeley.edu:/pub/typing-injury
-
- chord-keyboards -- Bob Rosenberg summarizes lots of information on
- chording keyboards, and has bibliographic references to more
-
- pain-discussion -- The New Zealand Department of Labor talks about what pain
- is, how to deal with it, and what to respond when somebody says "it's all
- in your mind".
-
- exercise-discussion -- The New Zealand Department of Labor talks about
- exercise in the workplace, and why it's a good idea.
-
- voice-comparison -- Jeff DelPapa briefly compares all the different
- voice-recognition systems
-
- speed-kills -- Tom Ensminger emphasises why we need to type slower
-
- footswitch.doc -- lots of details about building a footswitch for
- your computer
-
- footswitch-sources -- places where you can buy fancy footswitches
-
- pointing-devices -- the latest version of Pete Johnson's summary
-
- dragon-vs-kurzweil -- George Hu makes a fairly detailed comparison
- of the Kurzweil and DragonDictate systems
-
- double-crush -- Dr. Jeremy Bland discusses double-crush syndrome.
- Recommended reading!
-
- keyboard-trays -- Gary Karp discusses keyboard trays
-
- industrial-injury -- Vicky Zaal talks about her industrial injury
-
- SOFTWARE:
-
- dcm.shar -- new version of Joe Steffen's a2x / Dragon macros.
-
- typewatch.shar -- latest version of TypeWatch -- monitors your typing
- and tells you to take a break
-
- a2x-RawPC-1.4.tar -- I noticed some stupid minor bugs, so I fixed them.
- I also updated the README and such.
-
- PICTURES:
-
- lexmark.gif -- the Lexmark keyboard
- mskeybd.gif -- the Microsoft Natural Keyboard
- mskeybd-proto.gif -- version of MS Keyboard that didn't make it
-
-
- New information in the Keyboard FAQ
- ===================================
-
- I updated the "Using a PC's keyboard on your workstation" section.
- Compatibility is a really messy thing.
-
- Microsoft, of course, has their new keyboard out, at a suggested retail
- price of $99.95. Not bad, but not as good as some of its (more expensive)
- competition.
-
- Ingle International apparently has a new keyboard. I've also seen something
- weird in Computer Shopper from Dalco Electronics (800-445-5342) for $76.80.
- If you have more info about either keyboard, please mail me!
-
- Ingle International
- 592 Weddell Dr., Suite #8
- Sunnyvale CA 94089
- (408) 734-9815 Office
- (408) 734-9818 Fax
-
-
- Elsewhere...
- ============
-
- Hypertext (WWW) stuff is starting to appear. You'll find some pointers
- at the top of the General section.
-
- New version of the Software FAQ -- if you haven't looked in a while, check
- it out!
-
- Postscript
- ----------
-
- If you'd like to receive a copy of the FAQ and you didn't find it in the
- same place you found this document, you can either send e-mail to
- dwallach@cs.princeton.edu, or you can anonymous ftp to
- ftp.csua.berkeley.edu:/pub/typing-injury
- and have a look around the directory.
-
- Enjoy!
- --
- Dan Wallach "One of the most attractive features of a Connection
- dwallach@cs.princeton.edu Machine is the array of blinking lights on the faces
- Phone#: 609-683-4673 of its cabinet." -- CM Paris Ref. Manual, v6.0, p48.
-
- (Home page) http://www.cs.princeton.edu/grad/dwallach/ (finger for PGP key)
-
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