There's always the multipress key input method: http://www.robocal.com/prod/robocal/robodicto.php
It's low-tech, and works on all phones, since the logic is in the server. I admit it's a bit tedious, but, ... Ted Gilchrist On 5/31/07, Thomas Gstädtner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thank you for this post chris, nice to know, that dasher was running on a so old and slow device already. I'm see the things like you do: Touchscreen means you always have to stare at the device for making inputs. Like I said - I had a nokia 7710 before and it was nearby impossible to use it blind. Even if you had a fullscreen T9-keyboad with huge keys you had to check the display, because you cannot feel which "key" you are pressing. I also like the "driving a car" comparison :) 2007/5/30, Chris Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Hi, > > I'm one of the Dasher developers, and am also interested in hacking on > OpenMoko. So, getting Dasher going is fairly likely. > > > This pretty much means that you have to stare at the display all > > the time when inputting text. > > Yes, this is the main difference between Dasher and T9. However, the > comments about needing a lot of screen resolution or CPU aren't so true > -- we did Dasher on the iPaq seven years ago at full-speed and using > 150x150 resolution, and it works great. The reason we get away with > not so much resolution is that you're only really ever being asked to > choose between five or so probable letters at each turn, and it doesn't > take much screen space to show those, and you can predict whereabouts > you're headed by knowing the alphabetic order of which character comes > next. > > > Sure - in theory, dasher may approach arithmetic coding in terms of > > > information input. > > (I'm not sure what you mean by "approach" -- Dasher *is* an arithmetic > coder, and matches the information-theoretic efficiency of one in > terms of bits/input to characters/output.) > > > But unless you can do the coding in your head, you've got to stare > > at the screen, making it less useful for environments where you've > > got vibration, sunlight, walking down the street, or less likely > > for a phone, if you're blind. > > Yes, but the Neo doesn't have a keyboard, and doesn't have keys for T9 > that you can use without looking at the screen, so I don't think this > is a useful criticism. Dasher's very tolerant of vibration and > mistakes, > unlike T9 on a touchscreen -- it's much like driving a car, in that if > you oversteer or understeer you just correct yourself later, because > it's all about navigation and where you end up. We can type easily over > > 20wpm on the iPaq with a touchscreen and stylus. > > Thanks! > > - Chris. > -- > Chris Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > One Laptop per Child > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
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