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History of Dasher

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Versions of Dasher

The principal working versions of Dasher are as follows:
Version 4.0.* - for GNU/Linux and windows. (Released October 2005)
Supports any unicode alphabet. Includes Asian language support, button modes, game mode, automatic speed control.
Version 3.0.* - for GNU/Linux and windows and MacOSX.
Supports any unicode alphabet. All major languages of the world are supported.
Version 1.*.* - C and tcl - for GNU/Linux and windows desktops.
Uses ppm as the language model. Driven by mouse.
written by David Ward.
Version 1.*.* supports several European languages and Japanese (Hiragana). English version can support capital letters and lower case. This version's language model can be instructed both by loading an example input file and by loading a dictionary of valid spellings.
C - for pocket PC
Driven by stylus on touch-screen.
written by David Ward.
This version includes capital letters, numbers, and a number of punctuation characters. Only English is supported.
Version 2.*.* - C - for GNU/Linux and windows desktops
Version 2.*.* supports English, upper and lower case, punctuation and numbers.
Eye-Dasher
dasher + Eye-tracker
Driven by mouse that is controlled by eyetracker.
written by David Ward.
Daishoya (JDasher)
Japanese-language version of Dasher (Hiragana) - included in the C and tcl version
tcl - Original prototype
Demonstrates the relationship to arithmetic coding; includes a crude bigram language model.
written by David MacKay.
Runs on all platforms that support tcl (GNU/Linux, windows, some browsers).

A more detailed history of Dasher is available on request from David MacKay.

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