I am glad you are ok. I was starting to worry. I thought you may have lost your voice and I see I was right. I very much hope it is all worth it. Now I know you use voice to text it explains the longer than usual radio silence. Lastly I absolutely love your sense of humour. Very best wishes. :)
So no phone calls? OK, bad joke right now. I suspect my daughters wish I'd go for this surgery - 8 weeks of not listening to me yak non-stop is a dream of theirs I suspect.
Guessing you didn't do typing in high school? I did in grade 9 - probably the most useful course I took, I can type at a solid speed (70+ words per minute). Then I go back and fix my typos but it works well for me (learned on one of those ancient typewriters that if you missed the key your fingers got stuck between 2 others and it hurt - great incentive to learn quickly) - using word to text never works well for me, plus I have always hated my voice which doesn't help. Can hardly wait to hear what your new voice sounds like! Then in a few months to see what surgery you go for next (doubt any of us believe the 'this is the last one, really, truly, honestly') - no idea what could be left at this point, but I'm sure something is out there.
Ugh 20 a minute? That'd be hellish. 60-80 is my usual pace, slower on a phone which drives me nuts, but keyboard? Never an issue. I wonder if you mean 120 as i suspect your thought process is above that pace.
To be fair I've no idea what my typing pace is. Never measured it. Whatever it is it is not remotely quick enough for my mouth. Plus I have terrible dyslexia. But ONLY with spelling, so half my vocabulary is amputated with typing.
Makes sense, sucks but makes sense. I'm lucky not to have that. Took years to improve my spelling so others could make sense of what I type, but that is a different issue.
Spelling is the only bit it took off me, which feels like a mean deal. Reading is fine, thinking is fine, I just can't get the word onto the page. Dictation fixed about ninety percent of it, which is exactly why losing my voice was so annoying on two fronts at once.
Stevie, I am eager - and patient so as not to rush you :) - to hear how this develops as you and your great new voice recover. Continue to take care. Love your story as I embark on my own transition journey.
odds are not a fog horn, but a squeaky one. From what read up on this if you stick to the rules, and you seem the type to do that when you feel you must, you'll have the higher pitch and then comes the next challenge- resonance and the rest. I expect you'll attack those and your dog will get sick of it. Haven't found a tool for measuring that yet, but figure you'll make one if you cant find it. Maybe sick your AI workers on that task for the next few weeks.
Coming back to this six weeks later to report that you were right. Not a fog horn. Not squeaky either, as it turns out. It's only in the last week or so that it has started coming out the way I actually wanted, softer and not forced. And yes, resonance is the next fight. The dog has heard quite enough already.
I am glad you are ok. I was starting to worry. I thought you may have lost your voice and I see I was right. I very much hope it is all worth it. Now I know you use voice to text it explains the longer than usual radio silence. Lastly I absolutely love your sense of humour. Very best wishes. :)
Thank you, that’s really kind. ❤️
You were absolutely right: I had quite literally lost my voice.
I have had to type this reply manually, so please appreciate the extraordinary personal sacrifice involved!!!!!!! I HATE TYPING!!!
So no phone calls? OK, bad joke right now. I suspect my daughters wish I'd go for this surgery - 8 weeks of not listening to me yak non-stop is a dream of theirs I suspect.
Guessing you didn't do typing in high school? I did in grade 9 - probably the most useful course I took, I can type at a solid speed (70+ words per minute). Then I go back and fix my typos but it works well for me (learned on one of those ancient typewriters that if you missed the key your fingers got stuck between 2 others and it hurt - great incentive to learn quickly) - using word to text never works well for me, plus I have always hated my voice which doesn't help. Can hardly wait to hear what your new voice sounds like! Then in a few months to see what surgery you go for next (doubt any of us believe the 'this is the last one, really, truly, honestly') - no idea what could be left at this point, but I'm sure something is out there.
I typed from 1983 to about 2015. Since then, never. Too slow. Even 20 words a min is way too slow.
Ugh 20 a minute? That'd be hellish. 60-80 is my usual pace, slower on a phone which drives me nuts, but keyboard? Never an issue. I wonder if you mean 120 as i suspect your thought process is above that pace.
To be fair I've no idea what my typing pace is. Never measured it. Whatever it is it is not remotely quick enough for my mouth. Plus I have terrible dyslexia. But ONLY with spelling, so half my vocabulary is amputated with typing.
Makes sense, sucks but makes sense. I'm lucky not to have that. Took years to improve my spelling so others could make sense of what I type, but that is a different issue.
Spelling is the only bit it took off me, which feels like a mean deal. Reading is fine, thinking is fine, I just can't get the word onto the page. Dictation fixed about ninety percent of it, which is exactly why losing my voice was so annoying on two fronts at once.
Stevie, I am eager - and patient so as not to rush you :) - to hear how this develops as you and your great new voice recover. Continue to take care. Love your story as I embark on my own transition journey.
The stress is huge!! What if after a year I still sound like a bleeding fog horn!!
odds are not a fog horn, but a squeaky one. From what read up on this if you stick to the rules, and you seem the type to do that when you feel you must, you'll have the higher pitch and then comes the next challenge- resonance and the rest. I expect you'll attack those and your dog will get sick of it. Haven't found a tool for measuring that yet, but figure you'll make one if you cant find it. Maybe sick your AI workers on that task for the next few weeks.
Coming back to this six weeks later to report that you were right. Not a fog horn. Not squeaky either, as it turns out. It's only in the last week or so that it has started coming out the way I actually wanted, softer and not forced. And yes, resonance is the next fight. The dog has heard quite enough already.