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Dasher is free to try out.

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You can download executables for Linux PC, Windows PC, and pocket PC from David Ward's download page.

Novices, when you have downloaded Dasher, please read the tips for new users.

Please send us feedback by one of the 3 methods listed here. The source code will be released under an Open Source license in late Summer 2002.


The capabilities of the various versions of Dasher are listed below.

The Japanese Windows version of Dasher requires that the MS Gothic fonts be installed (usually in c:/windows/fonts/). The font file is here. [One way of installing the fonts is: Control Panel. Fonts. File ->Install New Font.]


Dasher on ipaq

Versions of Dasher

The principal working versions of Dasher are as follows:
Version 1.*.* - C and tcl - for 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 linux and windows desktops
Version 2.*.* supports English, upper and lower case, punctuation and numbers. It will be released as Open Source in late Summer 2002.
Eye-Dasher
Driven by mouse that is controlled by eyetracker.
written by David Ward.
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 (linux, windows).