For the first time in my career, I came down with a bad case of tendonitis. But, it was only of my right hand’s index finger. It blew up like a balloon with the first joint swelling to three times the normal size. It hurts like a *****.
In order to rest the finger, I made a splint of sorts and have been typing with seven fingers. I can tell you that, for the first week, progress was slow but I am starting to get the rhythm of crossing over with the middle finger on the right hand and my speed is increasing. It makes me think that I shold start to explore ways to dictate more in an effort to rest my typing hands. I probasbly type half of my normal 10 hour day.
Dvorak might be a YMMV solution. But I switched in 1982, it felt more comfortable, and have never had any hand/finger issues, FWIW. Mouse elbow has been a problem at times, however (mostly due to long hours gaming).
That’s some pretty intense tendonitis! Hope it recovers quickly. Sounds like you’re doing fine seven-finger typing, but could dictation work for some documents? Or too slow/imprecise? (feel free to dictate your response )
That is the thing I am considering the most. When I started my practice 22 years ago, I purchased Dragon dictation software. To put it bluntly, it sucked. I have not tried dictation since, mainly because I can type faster than I can dictate and I don’t get lost in my thoughts when I write direct on the computer. But, as I age, …
I can attest to the maturity of MS’s voice AI in Office 365. Even in PowerPoint, close captioning is perfect even in a noisy room. You should def. try it out. Not sure about Android, unfortunately. (Guess my post doesn’t help that much☹️)
Nevermind, just realized the thread’s from 2 months ago. Hope your finger got better @Bronsky .
Hope it recovers quickly. Sounds like you’re doing fine seven-finger typing, but could dictation work for some documents? Or too slow/imprecise? (feel free to dictate your response 
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