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"Voice Driven Development: Who needs a keyboard anyway?" by Emily Shea

Strange Loop Conference · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Emily Shea explains how repetitive strain injury pushed her to program by voice using speech recognition (Talon), and gives a live coding demo. She argues voice-driven development can be pain-free, efficient and enjoyable.

Why Hacker News recommends it

It is the go-to recommendation whenever someone asks about voice coding or RSI-friendly programming setups.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I found the following talk [1] by Emily Shea on her code dictation setup (based on Talon Voice) both insightful and impressive.”

    Emily Shea's code dictation setup with a live coding demo.

    tbabej, 2020-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Is there any work being done in speech-to-code with deep learning?”

  2. “There was an excellent talk at Strange Loop a few years ago by Emily Shea”

    Learning to code vim by voice to combat RSI.

    glenjamin, 2022-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Hey, GitHub – Waiting list signup”

  3. “There's a great strangeloop talk[2] demonstrating talon and the actual state of voice coding”

    Demonstrates Talon and the real state of voice coding.

    cube2222, 2023-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Numen: Voice Control for Handsfree Computing”

  4. “I think you'll find this presentation by Emily Shea on voice driven development to be intriguing.”

    Intriguing presentation on voice driven development.

    58x14, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “Spatial Keyboard Navigation”

  5. “you might be interested in this tech talk[1] from Emily Shea”

    Demo of a voice coding tech stack, tweaked for writing code.

    kbenson, 2022-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Why is there no high quality method for voice control of a PC?”

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Topics: talon voice, rsi, speech recognition, accessibility, live demo

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