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Dasher: Keyboard Without Keys

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 6, 2008

[ Thanks to Borys
Musielak
for this link. ]

“‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’ reminded me of a computer
program I heard about a few years ago. The main character of the
movie (which is based on real story of Elle Magazine owner,
Jean-Dominique Bauby) is paralyzed in such a way that he can
communicate with the external world only by blinking his left eye.
Despite that he managed to write a book using a sophisticated text
entry method and enormous patience. If he had Dasher he would be
able to do the same thing way easier and faster…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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