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Treadmill Desk - anon

Posted: Nov 22, 2013

Hello! I have been an MT for going on 10 years now and have been thinking about a standing desk. However, I have a tendency to stand in a way that I end up hurting the outsides of my feet. I had an idea for a treadmill desk, but I'm stuck on the foot pedal issue and noise level. I did a search and found a post on MTstars by someone who said it wouldn't' work because treadmills are too loud and one wouldn't be able to hear the dictation. My work area is set up in my laundry room and I often work while the washing machine and drier are on. I do have to turn the volume up, but I am able to hear dictations clearly. I've never been on a treadmill, so I am clueless as to how noisy they are. Has anyone here done this? Was it hard to switch from using the foot pedal to hotkeys? Is treadmill noise comparable to the noise a washer and dryer make?

foot pedal versus hotkeys, possible solution - sadie

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Several years ago I read a post from an MT who worked on her laptop while in her recliner. She would tuck the foot pedal under her arm, between her upper arm and body. Maybe something similar could work with your treadmill desk, perhaps with your elbow or something?
I'm intrigued... :D

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I just get up and move now and then - NM

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not old fashioned sm - anon

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I do too but its not enough for me. When I was in my early 20s I worked for a security company and my job consisted of, literally, walking for a full 8 hour shift. I loved it! I lost the 5 pounds that I could never seem to get rid of in high school. I was in great physical shape. I do get up every couple of hours or so, but for me its not enough. I love the idea of a treadmill or even marching in place...but that darn foot pedal. I have thought of balancing it somewhere to use my elbow, but I'm not so sure it would last. I did find a keyboard combination for playing and stopping the dictation and could definitely get used to doing that. However, I'm so far behind in technology that I'm still using Word 2002 on an XP Home Edition computer (and the support for XP is ending in April or March 2014 through Microsoft)with Smartype (2.0). Meaning, I type in MS word and copy/paste to the platform because Smartype does not work in the platform. So, to use the keyboard function for play/stop, I have to constantly switch from the MS Word window to the platform window.

I may just have to wait on the standing desk/treadmill idea until I get a new computer and a new abbreviation program (looking at Instant Text 7 Pro). Someone I know said the new Smartype is so different from 2.0 version that they haven't figured out how to quickly enter new abbreviations.

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