User blog comment:Gilgameshkun/Finger injury/@comment-995426-20181027162457

Since my finger injury, I've noticed I have two different typing styles. As a result, my still-sore fingers have handled freestyle typing relatively well, allowing me to comment on talk pages and write trivia bullets, etc. But transcript typing can make my fingers feel more tender more quickly. One solution is to take more little breaks as I type, but part of what made me such a good transcriptist was the overall speed at which I could churn out large amounts of text over a relatively short period of time. For now, I need to give my fingers less abuse, so I can't maintain that kind of speed like I did before the injury. Which means I can't just sit down and whip up 20-page comic transcripts in minutes for now.
 * Freestyle typing. I type individual words very fast, but I frequently pause and reflect on what I want to write and often go back and revise words and phrases.  This gives my fingers significant pauses between flurries of keystrokes.
 * Transcript typing. I have material to read and transcribe by way of typing.  There is less ambiguity when it comes to composing the material, so I type it faster and with fewer interruptions.

This comes as two TMNT Macro-Series issues have been released with two more on the way, each 40 pages long. I'm still only halfway through transcribing Donatello (IDW Macro-Series issue)/Transcript, and have yet to start transcribing Battle Lines, part 2/Transcript or Michelangelo (IDW Macro-Series issue)/Transcript which have already been released since. I want to get it all done, but I'd really like to feel less pain and pinched nerves.