quadramaDEV

I've been down this rabbit hole. Here's what actually works:

For navigation:

Kensington Expert Wireless Trackball – big enough to use without precision, scroll ring around the ball, sits anywhere

8BitDo Micro – programmable Bluetooth gamepad, works as presentation clicker + arrow keys, very hackable

Xbox Adaptive Controller – overkill but lets you plug in literally any button

For voice:

Wispr Flow (you're already using) – good

Talon Voice – free, hackable, lets you control everything with voice + eye tracking if you add Tobii

Windows Speech Recognition / macOS Dictation – basic but built-in

The streaming remote hack: Yes, you can. Most use standard Bluetooth HID profiles. Pair them, then use something like JoyToKey (Windows) or Karabiner (macOS) to remap buttons to keyboard shortcuts.

My current lazy setup:

Recliner + lap desk

8BitDo Micro in left hand (next/prev/play/voice toggle)

Trackball in right hand

Voice for text input

Feels slightly less caveman. Slightly.

You described exactly what makes a PM irreplaceable:

Staying out of the way

Removing blockers

Shielding the team from politics

Enabling decisions instead of making them

AI can summarize status reports. It can't protect a team from a dysfunctional stakeholder at 2 a.m., or know when an engineer needs space vs. needs support.

The fact that you're even asking this question tells me you're not the problem. The terrible PMs never do.

Don't leave. Adapt. Learn the tech enough to speak the language. Use AI to kill the busywork – then spend that time on what actually matters: people.

We need more PMs like you, not fewer.