Dasher is a truly innovative free software package that allows the user to write efficiently, without a keyboard, by simple steering gestures. Steering with an ordinary mouse, beginners can write at 25 words per minute after an hour of practice. Dasher can be used equally easily with touchscreens, head-mice, or eyetrackers. It's useful for people with special needs, for children, and for anyone who wants an alternative to a keyboard. With Dasher, you can write in almost any language. Dasher is available for all the major personal computer platforms: GNU/Linux, Windows, and MacOS-X. It's free software, and will always be free.

Dasher is fast, efficient, easy to learn, and fun to use.

To try it out, visit www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/. Read the tips for beginners, download Dasher, and steer away!