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Dasher 3.2.0 released

Gnome Accessibility
Gnome Accessibility

Version 3.2.0 of the Dasher predictive text entry application is now available for download, with binary packages (currently for Debian and Solaris).

This version is the first release of the new stable branch, and is aimed at the GNOME 2.4 and 2.5 desktops (but will continue to work happily under 2.2). New features include integration with the GNOME accessibility framework and gnome-speech, and the ability to enter text directly into other applications. Screenshots can be found at http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/images/Solaris.png - that's Dasher running under Sun's Solaris GNOME happily (sorry about the fonts, they look lovely locally...)

We're planning on moving over to GNOME CVS in the very near future (having been somewhat caught up in finishing off this release), so translation shouldn't be a problem. On a slightly separate note, I'm going to be in Toronto next week with the aim of meeting up with the GOK team - with a bit of luck, we'll be able to come up with some interesting ideas for integration of the text-entry technologies.

Re: Dasher 3.2.0 released

very difficult to explain

it's a way to write words and sentences with only the mouse. you select a letter with the mouse, but more the letter is useful in the context, bigger it is, when the mouse is near of a letter, it zooms, and again and again, letter after letter.

it uses a dictionnary of the writer's language to propose the more common letters in the situation first.

With training, it becomes very efficient.

Try it to really understand.