r/Ergonomics

Hi everyone,

I work with a small team in Berlin that built SpeakUp — a dictation app for Mac that runs 100% on your device.

Why it exists: Most dictation tools (Wispr Flow, Otter, etc.) send your voice to US cloud servers. We thought Europeans deserve better. SpeakUp processes everything locally on your Mac's GPU using whisper.cpp. Nothing leaves your machine. Ever.

What makes it European:

- Built in Berlin by a bootstrapped solo founder

- Priced in euros — €29 one-time, forever. No subscription.

- Payment via Creem (Estonian company, EU merchant of record, handles EU VAT)

- No servers, no data collection, no tracking — GDPR-compliant by design, not by policy

How it works: Hold a keyboard shortcut, speak, release. Your words appear wherever your cursor is — any app, any text field. That's it.

What it doesn't do: No AI text rewriting. Your words, exactly as you said them. No "smart corrections."

14-day free trial, no credit card, no account: getspeakup.app

Currently Mac only. iOS and Windows coming soon.

Full disclosure: I'm part of the SpeakUp team. Happy to answer any questions!

Hi! I'm a current robotic software engineer student and i developed back/neck/shoulder and even elbow pain due to mainly poor setup. i don't have to much to spend so i do some minor changes trying to improve posture.

Right now i can't stay in the same position more than 30 minutes or 1 hour because pain flares up so bad. so it's been difficult to study.

This is my current setup, what changes should do I try?

Hi 👋

I am a student and I suffer from back and neck pain.

This is my setup. What’s wrong?

I need to use the computer and iPad together sometimes, so I don’t know what would be an appropriate height for the table.

Currently I raised it up because my back and neck were killing me while leaning down to write.

I am not sure what is the proper way to sit when I use the computer to revise and copy notes etc.

I just took a painkiller and I still feel the pain. I need to study for my exams and I have homeworks 😭

Any help or guidance is appreciated, my desk height is adjustable.

Edit: if you have any videos or photos of the proper setup for writing ✍️ and using the keyboard and mouse as well please share them with me ❤️

I am looking for a left hand mouse for work for a present.

I am interested in something ergonomic, ideally it could work with more than one device.

So far I have read good reviews of:

Cherry MW 4500

Pulsar Gaming Gears X3

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Could anyone help me to chose what is best:

for work (confortable use for many hours and some helpful extra features)

for a girl (maybe bigger models are worse for smaller/medium hands)

I was originally looking for a set of left hand mouse+keyboard that could handle (switch betweer) many devices at once, but could not find anything