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of text using only the pen (or other input devices—it can even be driven with an eye
tracker).
Start Dasher from the main menu or with dasher from a shell. Move your pen in one
direction and the applications starts to zoom into the letters on the right side. From the
letters passing the cross hairs in the middle, the text is created or predicted and is
printed to the upper part of the window. To stop or start writing, click the display once
with the pen. Modify the zooming speed at the bottom of the window.
Figure E.3 Editing Texts with Dasher
The Dasher concept works for many languages. For more information, refer to the
Dasher Web site, which offers comprehensive documentation, demonstrations and
training texts. Find it at
http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/
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