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DMala t1_ix2nvlc wrote

Reply to comment by kytheon in TIL after a seizure left him paralyzed except for his left eyelid, Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952-1997) wrote the bestselling book "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking to select each letter as an assistant recited the alphabet to him. by chumloadio

That's always my first thought when this story comes up. In the same situation (assuming I could persevere at all) my first request would be for a table of Morse. The tedium of going through the alphabet over and over just seems like the torture.

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drekwithoutpolitics t1_ix3nd2t wrote

I could see Morse being harder to get started and way easier to get discouraged if I’m already quite disabled and wanting to write a novel.

Someone mentioned they had an alphabet ordered by letter frequency, so I could see the two of them optimizing quickly.

Like, at the beginning of a sentence,

“S” blink

Ok… it’s not another S. “A…” no blink “E,” etc. as a simple example.

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