Although the original question did not ask about this article, the reference
is:
Kambeyanda, D., Singer, L., and Cronk, S. (1997). "Potential problems
associated with use of speech recognition systems." Assistive Technology,
9:95-101.
The article refers only to 4 patients with arm/hand CTD/RSI from keyboarding.
As another participant mentioned here, these folks are those who are least
likely to be careful in using voice input tools, just as they probably had
been with keyboarding, or to be in higher stress situations where they feel
they cannot take critical breaks in dictation. They found some other anecdotal
voice damage through surveys over the Internet and subsequent phone
conversations, but the disabilities of these survey subjects is not described
in the study.
Our voice specialist at the hospital says that the vocal cord action required
by discrete speech is somewhat unnatural, but that good "vocal hygiene," as
described in the article and elsewhere in this listserv, is probably
satisfactory for most users.
Bob
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