Dasher

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Check this out http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/DasherSummary2.html

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It's a program to help you enter text. They're working on PDA version ... Palm OS and Windows CE type stuff. Very cool. There is a download here:

http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/djw30/dasher/files/dasher168.exe

I played with it for a few moments and then cranked up the speed. It has a dictionary and 'learns' what you're typing as you go, giving you the most suitable "next letter" options first and biggest. When you have a word that can't be anything else, it makes those next letters HUGE, which really speeds up the process. Once it's moving fast and you're focused on what you're doing, you could probably type almost as fast as you can with the keyboard ... unless you're me, because I type about 150 words a minute (:



~LoudMusic
 
150 a minute? On my last test I did 130. :)

Now, I'm gonna read your post again... see if I can get myself to understand the program a bit better. ;)
 
Okay, so I've downloaded it and played around with it a minute (or two :) ) and I must say it's pretty cool although I need some exercise in it. :)
 
Sorry Loud, I'm not following what it's supposed to do? :confused: (I have a little 14-year old brain, remember? ;) )
 
It dependson where you place your mouse. It's pretty cool when you get going and know what you're doing.

~LoudMusic
 
Wow! That's a lot of fun to play around with, but I still think I can type faster. :) I can see the benefit of using it with a PDA, though! :eek:
 
How about if you lose a finger or even a whole hand? I've had a few people at work ask about being able to type with their mouse before ... broken arms and such. Pretty cool. I bet Carpel Tunnel Syndrome is pretty well snuffed using this app too.

~LoudMusic
 
Oh no...I think I'm going to have to uninstall this... I keep running it and it puts me in a trance state while I mindlessly type out nonsense! It's almost addictive as broadband...almost... :D
 
Haha, I love to get it going fast. You can really get into "the zone" and start creating words almost as fast as typing. :cool:
 
on Dancer..on donner and blitzen on fred on barny on wilma and betty on scooby on shaggy on velma and daphne
 
It takes a bit of practice. And I totally understand playing with it. I used to do a "thoughts on paper" to clear my head occationally ... I did one recently with Dasher. It was fun (:

~LoudMusic
 

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