Updated May 2026

For developers with RSI: a voice-first workflow that ships production code

TL;DR. Repetitive strain injury — carpal tunnel, tendonitis, cubital tunnel — ends careers when no one builds the right tool. Neo is that tool. It's a sub-100ms voice interface for the entire Mac, built by an engineer who developed RSI and refused to stop coding.

"I built Neo after watching my own typing capacity collapse. I needed a tool where voice felt like a keystroke — instant, accurate, and private. None existed, so I shipped it."
— Vishesh Duggar, founder

The cost of untreated RSI is real

60%
of knowledge workers report RSI symptoms (BLS / OSHA reporting)
40%
average productivity loss when symptoms go unmanaged
$0
to start with Neo's free tier

RSI is a structural problem (the keyboard hasn't changed in 50 years) treated as an individual failing. The reframe: change the input device. Voice-first computing is not "for accessibility users" — it's a more general-purpose interface that happens to also solve hand-pain failure modes.

What changes when typing becomes optional

Your hands recover

The single largest variable in RSI recovery is reducing keystroke volume. Most Neo users see typing volume drop 60–80% in week one.

You keep your career

The unspoken cost of RSI is career exit. Neo is designed so a senior engineer can keep shipping at full velocity — hands-free.

Your data stays yours

On-device processing means medical, financial, and proprietary work doesn't transit a third-party cloud — important for accessibility users on regulated teams.

Latency disappears

Most voice tools introduce 500–1500ms of cloud round-trip. Neo is 60–80ms median. That's the line between "voice is annoying" and "voice is a keystroke."

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Your hands will thank you

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