Dasher is a one finger user interface that allows text entry without a keyboard.
Keyboards are inefficient for two reasons: they do not exploit the redundancy in normal ... all » language; and the...
Dasher is a one finger user interface that allows text entry without a keyboard.
Keyboards are inefficient for two reasons: they do not exploit the redundancy in normal ... all » language; and they waste the fine analogue capabilities of the user's motor system (fingers and eyes, for example). I describe a system intended to rectify both these inefficiencies. Dasher is a text-entry system in which a language model plays an integral role, and it's driven by continuous gestures. Users can achieve single-finger writing speeds of 35 words per minute and hands-free writing speeds of 25 words per minute. Dasher is free software, and it works in all languages, and on many platforms. Dasher is part of Debian, and there's even a little java version for your web-browser. http://www.dasher.org.uk/
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What if you had no thumbs? No fingers? Dasher would become a viable solution for people who are handicapped and are forced to use their eyes/tounges for GUI interactions.
Yea I already thought of that after I made the post. Ppl could write words if they're paralyzed from the neck down as they could write words by controlling a device with their mouth.
Interesting concept. I wonder how does it compare with the touch type typing though. The muscle memory really takes off after a while which lets people really blast off their wpm count but this method will always depend upon the alogorithm used and your ability to recognize the next alphabets/combination that you want.
And it was more of a general statement, using a widely known figure to illustrate a point that not everybody can type--but everybody can look with eyes onto a screen. And they have eye-tracking software, so use that with this and you should see my point.
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What if you had no thumbs? No fingers? Dasher would become a viable solution for people who are handicapped and are forced to use their eyes/tounges for GUI interactions.
However, I'd just prefer voice 2 text.
Eitherway, its an interesting concept.
And it was more of a general statement, using a widely known figure to illustrate a point that not everybody can type--but everybody can look with eyes onto a screen. And they have eye-tracking software, so use that with this and you should see my point.