Page Demonstrations
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The image below shows the state of the Dasher interface while the user is writing the word `objection'; alternative words that could easily be written at this point include `objective', `objects_', and `object_oriented'.
Dasher text entry interface

If you find Dasher hard to imagine based on these static pictures, please take a look at the movies below.

When you try Dasher for the first time, please read the tips for novices.

Movies

Simple moviesFile size
Animated gif of Dasher version 3, should work in any browser 300K
Animated gif of Dasher version 3, identical to the above, but higher quality animation 560K
Animated gif of Dasher version 1, should work in any browser 81K
Animated gif of Daishoya (Japanese Dasher version 1).
    Further information in Japanese
300K
Flash movie (will play in your browser if flash-enabled) showing Dasher in Persian by Behdad and the FarsiWeb Project
Movies for Windows systemsFile size
Streaming video demonstration (1.5 mins asf) including audio commentary.
    The text of the commentary is available.
2.7 M
3 minute demonstration of Dasher, with a commentary. The demonstration uses lotus screen cam software (included in the zip file) which runs on windows 95 systems.
This movie is highly recommended as the commentary explains how Dasher is used.
5 M
    The text of the commentary is available. 4 K
mpeg Movies File size
Dasher with an eye-tracker (November 2001) 6 M
Dasher running on a Compaq iPAQ 9 M
Dasher with an eye-tracker: enhanced eyetracking mode, demonstrating autocalibration, within ten seconds or so, of a hugely-miscalibrated eyetracker (September 2004) 17 M
Dasher with an eye-tracker: enhanced eyetracking mode, demonstrating use of control mode (September 2004) 9 M
Breath Dasher, including control mode demonstration (September 2004) 25 M
Keith Vertanen's Speech-Dasher prototype (mpg) (avi) 13 M
Large MOV Movies File size
Large AVI Movies File size
Dasher with an eye-tracker (November 2001) 54 M
AVI of Dasher running on a Compaq iPAQ 4 M
Very large AVI of Dasher running on a Compaq iPAQ 90 M
AVI by Alexandre-Alapetite showing Dasher being used to write rich text into a Wiki 3M

More screenshots with captions can be found here and here. For further demonstrations, movies and screenshots see David Ward's Dasher site; also Keith Vertanen's.

Thanks to Steve Hiner, Geoff Stead, and Simon Cozens for help with animations.