GP32 Dasher Text Input On Gp32


Whoa. This program is damn cool. I would love to see it on my GP32. BTW shouldn't this be in cool stuff?

Oh, I entered this text using dasher.
 
Dasher is an interesting experiment, but I never really found it practical for text input with a mouse (a stylus works much better). Using the system with a joystick would be very awkward, and on a small device I wouldn't like to have my limited screen space taken up with a text input system.

When I was looking for an alternative text input system to implement on the gp32 I came across a paper describing a system originally designed for people with motor impairments that had been adapted to work with a joystick (the original system used a stylus). This idea appealed to me because it didn't require any screen space to be used at all (all characters are entered by moving the stick, just like trying to pull off a special move in a game). I used this system in Edgepad (which also has support for the chatboard).
 
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