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A word of warning -- I started dictating all of my email and Facebook replies on my Android using Google's voice keyboard on my Nexus One a few years ago in response to RSI pain in my hands from overusing my cell phone. Within a month, I started losing my voice.

RSI comes in multiple forms; using your voice exclusively is not going to fix the problem. The trick is to switch things up, which involves having alternatives in the first place.

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Those vocal exercises singers do seem silly until you run into a problem such as this. They've been working on getting more mileage out of their larynxes for hundreds of years and have some pragmatic practices that can help.

Lots of water, avoiding nastiness in the air, learning the bare minimum volume of air you can push through your throat and still get results, and taking breaks when your body (either by feel or sound) tells you that it's tired.

In this specific case, adding leverage with short macros such as "laip" and "slap" is essential. There's no way you could work a full day spelling everything that wasn't in the recognizer's dictionary.

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