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I think someone should port Dasher to Android. Dasher is free software, that takes an extremely unique approach to achieve information efficient text entry. It allows lots of different input methods, and is very adaptable, and customizable. Here is a description from the Dasher Website. [quote]Dasher is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures. Dasher is a competitive text- entry system wherever a full-size keyboard cannot be used - for example, * when operating a computer one-handed, by joystick, touchscreen, trackball, or mouse; * when operating a computer with zero hands (i.e., by head-mouse or by eyetracker); * on a palmtop computer; * on a wearable computer. ...using a mouse[/touchpad/trackball], experienced users can write at 39 words per minute. [/quote] Quick video, just to show it work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d6yIquOKQ0 An hour long video, that goes into detail, as to how it works, all the different ways it can be used. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5078334075080674416&ei=caEsSZiUGZOwqwL306zQCA&q=dasher Dasher on an IPAQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jxhJjkwleo&feature=related The Dasher Website http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ And just want to point out, that Dasher already has support for all sorts of languages, so if someone ported Dasher to Android, it would give it another unique option for text input in all sorts of languages. Here is a link that shows the language files already available for Dasher. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/download/alphabets/ALPHABETS.html EDIT: By "No Keyboard" I just mean that this method does not involve a KB of any kind.... I do NOT mean to imply that this is a total replacement for the physical keyboard...... rather I think of it as a one handed on-screen text entry method to be used when convenient --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---