Publications and Presentations

Publications

Most of the work on Dasher has been done by David Ward.

We have made three assessments of Dasher, comparing it with alternative text entry systems on three platforms.

• One-handed text-entry using mouse alone
• Text-entry on a pocket PC with a stylus
• Text-entry with no hands, using Dasher with an Eyetracker (Further information about hardware)

• [Mouse-driven Dasher] Dasher - a Data Entry Interface Using Continuous Gestures and Language Models.
  by David J Ward, Alan F Blackwell and David J C MacKay
  In proceedings UIST 2000.
  
  Figures showing the main results in the above paper are here.
  
  
• [Eyetracker-driven Dasher]

  Fast Hands-free Writing by Gaze Direction,

  by David J. Ward and David J.C. MacKay. Submitted to Nature April 2002. Published August 22 2002.
  eyeshortpaper.ps.gz | eyeshortpaper.pdf | abstract | (or via arxiv.org.)
  
  

• eyeflyer.ps.gz. eyeflyer.pdf. abstract.

  ` Hands-free Text Entry using Dasher with an Eyetracker '.
  A one-page flyer by David J. Ward and David J.C. MacKay.

Presentations

Power point file: Presentation about Dasher for AbilityNet, December 2002.

See also the movies on the Demonstration page.