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Dasher

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Dasher is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures. Dasher is a competitive text-entry system wherever a full-size keyboard cannot be used - for example,

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
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Dasher information

  • Developed by

    The Interference Group
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
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  • Alternatives

    13 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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OS & Utilities

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  •  166 Stars
  •  45 Forks
  •  51 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 22, 2023 
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Dasher was added to AlternativeTo by nunomegas on Jul 5, 2011 and this page was last updated Jul 11, 2022.
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What is Dasher?

Dasher is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures. Dasher is a competitive text-entry system wherever a full-size keyboard cannot be used - for example,

  • when operating a computer one-handed, by joystick, touchscreen, trackball, or mouse;
  • when operating a computer with zero hands (i.e., by head-mouse or by eyetracker);
  • on a palmtop computer;
  • on a wearable computer.

Dasher is a zooming interface. You point where you want to go, and the display zooms in wherever you point. The world into which you are zooming is painted with letters, so that any point you zoom in on corresponds to a piece of text. The more you zoom in, the longer the piece of text you have written. You choose what you write by choosing where to zoom.

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