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Emacs without a keyboard? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by thephatmaster@alien.top to c/emacs
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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?

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[–] permetz@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.top 1 points 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.

[–] CairnThePerson@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Does he describe this on his site anywhere?