Are you a writer?
Re: Are you a writer?
The main tools I use to create my stories.
Fountain pen
LibreOffice Writer
writer2epub
Calibre
LibreOffice Draw / GIMP
Recorder
Audacity
Normalize-audio
SoundConverter
mp3gain
Fountain pen
LibreOffice Writer
writer2epub
Calibre
LibreOffice Draw / GIMP
Recorder
Audacity
Normalize-audio
SoundConverter
mp3gain
Green Comet
Space particles.
Space particles.
- Eadwine Rose
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Re: Are you a writer?
Gordon Cooper wrote: ↑Sun Dec 30, 2018 4:38 pm Started writing technical equipment manuals in 1963 with a fountain pen,
I am SO glad that most of the writing these days is done on computers. I have never been able to write for longer periods of time and even shorter ones now just hurt too much.
Yay for keyboards as I can use those quite nicely still. Be it with breaks :)
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Re: Are you a writer?
I second that. Computers have been liberating for me regarding writing. Though I have written longhand, I hate to do so and avoid it whenever possible :)Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Sun Dec 30, 2018 4:42 pm
I am SO glad that most of the writing these days is done on computers. I have never been able to write for longer periods of time and even shorter ones now just hurt too much.
Yay for keyboards as I can use those quite nicely still. Be it with breaks :)
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Re: Are you a writer?
I graduated from fountain pen to typewriter, much to the joy of Joanna who typed the printing skins. At least she could read my drafts now.
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Re: Are you a writer?
@kbd & @eadwine rose, I can hardly read my own handwriting... I agree, hooray for keyboards. On another note @eadwine rose have you tried voice to text tools to help when you hurt from typing? Here's a bit on the topic... I'm think there are people here willing to help you, if you are interested.
https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-li ... -software/
https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-li ... -software/
Pax vobiscum,
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- Eadwine Rose
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Re: Are you a writer?
I have tried it, on my Android phone it works rather nicely. At least I can do enough to get the writing done, but it is definitely something to keep in mind. However with the splints it does make a difference :)
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Re: Are you a writer?
@eadwine rose Here's more from the Debian world on what they have ging on.
https://blends.debian.org/accessibility ... ecognition
https://blends.debian.org/accessibility ... ecognition
Pax vobiscum,
Mark Rabideau - ManyRoads Genealogy -or- eirenicon llc. (geeky stuff)
i3wm, bspwm, hlwm, dwm, spectrwm ~ Linux #449130
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken
Mark Rabideau - ManyRoads Genealogy -or- eirenicon llc. (geeky stuff)
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"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken
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Re: Are you a writer?
@Eadwine Rose and manyroads. I agree, voice to text is worth trying. I used it for a while when working with XP and was writing voice overs to be read by a 'professional voice' when we were making audio-visuals for training. It can be a bit frustrating at the start. many mistakes and umms.. but these are easily fixed in an editor.
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Re: Are you a writer?
Thanks Manyroads.
If someone is interested in trying all that in MX, be my guest. For now I am just really happy my system runs reliably so I am not going to install too much to try out when I don't yet really need it
If someone is interested in trying all that in MX, be my guest. For now I am just really happy my system runs reliably so I am not going to install too much to try out when I don't yet really need it
MX-23.2_x64 July 31 2023 * 6.1.0-20-amd64 ext4 Xfce 4.18.1 * 8core AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Asus TUF B450-Plus Gaming UEFI * Asus GTX 1050 Ti Nvidia 525.147.05 * 2x16Gb DDR4 2666 Kingston HyperX Predator
Samsung 860EVO * Samsung S24D330 & P2250 * HP Envy 5030
Asus TUF B450-Plus Gaming UEFI * Asus GTX 1050 Ti Nvidia 525.147.05 * 2x16Gb DDR4 2666 Kingston HyperX Predator
Samsung 860EVO * Samsung S24D330 & P2250 * HP Envy 5030
Re: Are you a writer?
I worked with a patent lawyer who used a text to speech application for patent submissions and this was several years ago.
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