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Re: FileMaker Pro using Voice Control (Dragon 6 for Mac)

Subject	Re: FileMaker Pro using Voice Control (Dragon 6 for Mac)
From	"user@host.com" <user@host.com>
Newsgroups	comp.databases.filemaker
Message-ID	<100920180048041601%user@host.com> (permalink)
References	<020920181417444757%user@host.com> <pmg3m7$9la$1@dont-email.me> <070920180038229292%user@host.com> <pmrkdb$pc6$1@dont-email.me>
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Date	2018-09-10 00:48 +1000

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In article <pmrkdb$pc6$1@dont-email.me>, Erik Appeldoorn
<ursus.kirk@gmail.com> wrote:

> Op 6-9-2018 om 16:38 schreef user@host.com:
> > In article <pmg3m7$9la$1@dont-email.me>, <none@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Op 2-9-2018 om 06:17 schreef user@host.com:
> >>> Hi out there
> >>>
> >>> Excessive use of FileMaker (and other stuff) has resulted in Carpal
> >>> Tunnel problems (RSI) and I'm struggling to work with FileMaker, using
> >>> my voice. Entering data into fields, and moving between fields seems to
> >>> work OK, but other matters (e.g. going to the next record) have been
> >>> frustrating.
> >>>
> >>> I've tried using scripts, for example saying "Press the key Command
> >>> One" to activate a simple script that should go to the next record, but
> >>> it's unreliable. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't.
> >>>
> >>> Is there a forum I should join for this sort of question? Somewhere I
> >>> can get information? Everybody says the Windows OS works better than
> >>> the MacOS for working with Dragon etc. Is this really the case, with
> >>> FileMaker?
> >>>
> >>> I'm tearing my hair out here! Does anybody have experience of this, or
> >>> can offer advice?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in anticipation
> >>>
> >>> Peter
> >>>
> >>
> >> i changed from mouse to pen-tablet because of that years ago. Have no
> >> problems with that. Otherwise I have no wisdom to share.
> >>
> >> Ursus
> > 
> > Thanks for your reply, Ursus. Your solution is not what I had in mind,
> > but perhaps I should experiment. Which tablet do you use?
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> Using an old Wacom Sapphire. A tablet changes the wrist action and I 
> have had no trouble with my wrist since. (about 15-20 yrs??)

Thanks for your reply, Erik. Perhaps I should separate text dictation
and computer commands, and not hope one solution will deal with both.
To what extent can you control the Mac from the tablet? 

Peter

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FileMaker Pro using Voice Control (Dragon 6 for Mac) "user@host.com" <user@host.com> - 2018-09-02 14:17 +1000
  Re: FileMaker Pro using Voice Control (Dragon 6 for Mac) none@gmail.com - 2018-09-02 09:32 +0200
    Re: FileMaker Pro using Voice Control (Dragon 6 for Mac) "user@host.com" <user@host.com> - 2018-09-07 00:38 +1000
      Re: FileMaker Pro using Voice Control (Dragon 6 for Mac) Erik Appeldoorn <ursus.kirk@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 18:25 +0200
        Re: FileMaker Pro using Voice Control (Dragon 6 for Mac) "user@host.com" <user@host.com> - 2018-09-10 00:48 +1000
          Re: FileMaker Pro using Voice Control (Dragon 6 for Mac) none@gmail.com - 2018-09-10 13:19 +0200
            Re: FileMaker Pro using Voice Control (Dragon 6 for Mac) "user@host.com" <user@host.com> - 2018-09-11 01:16 +1000

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