Test of Dasher text entry

[ciphergoth]

Dasher Project (from jwz)
This livejournal entry was written using a very strange input method called dasher!
You select text by navigating around an ever zooming landscape of possibilities , and it gives the most area to those it predicts are most likely. I am surprised how much I've managed to write with it already. It learns to improve its predictions based on what you write. Oh, and it's all free software under the GPL. Disclaimer, I did do some cutting and pasting to rearrange the text before putting it in my journal. i doubt i could drive this as fast as graffiti but i'm happy to give it a try! It gets a bit dizzying after a while though, and the way it second-guesses what you're going to write is positively spooky, or sometimes just unintentionally funny...
I suspect the time has come for me to stop fiddling with it and go to bed! Goodnight all!

Comments

[zz]

when you pause it after using it for a while the boxes seem to move backwards and get smaller
but it is fun for a while at least even if it cannot do punctuation or smiles

[(Anonymous)]

In the latest version, choose options/alphabet/English with lots of punctuation. The boxes will move backwards and get smaller if the cursor is on the left hand side of the crosshair, but shouldn't if the system is paused (by clicking the left mouse button again) - could you mail a bug report if it seems to happen?

[zz]

ahh thanks, and the backwards effect is just a brain optical thingy :)

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Sounds right. Hello, who are you?

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