Page Demonstrations
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'.
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 movies | File 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 systems | File 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.