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A Better Way to Enter Text On a Palmtop

Posted by timothy on from the cuneiform dept.

DippyOz writes: "Ever wanted to speedily enter text into your palm and hate those 'look ahead' features? Dasher is a research project from Cambridge that presents an innovative way to speed up text entering by predicting and allowing you to choose from a number of choices by flying over them with your stylus (or mouse). There's Linux, Windows and PocketPC versions to download and try."

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  1. Dasher sounds pretty cool, but... by jbarr · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...I'll wait for the Dancer or maybe the Prancer project. Of course these will be followed up by the launch of the Vixen, Comet, and Cupid projects. Though the Donnor project was nothing more than a party, the Blitzen should prove to be innovative. Of course, the Rudolph project will help shed more light on the issue.

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  2. Ouija board, magic 8-ball, and Dasher! by Black+Perl · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's fun to just click once to get it started, and then let it say what it wants to... I just did it, and it spelled out "pox today for the king."

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