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Package: dasher (4.7.3-1)

A graphical predictive text input system

Dasher is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures. Dasher is a competitive text-entry system wherever a full-size keyboard cannot be used - for example, 

 * on a palmtop computer
 * on a wearable computer
 * when operating a computer one-handed, by joystick, touchscreen, trackball,
 or mouse
 * when operating a computer with zero hands (i.e., by head-mouse or by
 eyetracker).

The eyetracking version of Dasher allows an experienced user to write text as fast as normal handwriting - 25 words per minute; using a mouse, experienced users can write at 39 words per minute.

Dasher uses a more advanced prediction algorithm than the T9(tm) system often used in mobile phones, making it sensitive to surrounding context.

Tags: Accessibility Support: Input Systems, User Interface: X Window System, Role: Program, Scope: Application, Application Suite: GNOME, Interface Toolkit: GTK, X Window System: Application

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  • dep: at-spi
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  • dep: dasher-data (<< 4.8)
    Data files for dasher
    dep: dasher-data (>= 4.7)
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  • dep: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0)
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  • dep: libatspi1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0) [arm, hppa]
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    dep: libatspi1.0-0 (>= 1.22.1) [not arm, hppa]
  • dep: libbonobo2-0 (>= 2.15.0)
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  • dep: libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1)
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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) [not alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libcairo2 (>= 1.4.0)
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  • dep: libexpat1 (>= 1.95.8)
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  • dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-21) [not arm, armel, hppa]
    GCC support library
    dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.3) [arm, armel]
  • dep: libgcc4 (>= 4.1.1-21) [hppa]
    GCC support library
  • dep: libgconf2-4 (>= 2.13.5)
    GNOME configuration database system (shared libraries)
  • dep: libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.6.1)
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    The GNOME 2 library - runtime files
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  • dep: libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1)
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  • dep: libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90)
    GNOME Virtual File System (runtime libraries)
  • dep: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0)
    The GTK+ graphical user interface library
  • dep: libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0)
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  • dep: liborbit2 (>= 1:2.14.10)
    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
  • dep: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0) [amd64, armel, hppa, ia64, mips, sparc]
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    dep: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.1) [alpha, i386, mipsel, powerpc, s390]
    dep: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.2) [arm]
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  • dep: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1-4) [not armel]
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    dep: libstdc++6 (>= 4.3) [armel]
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    GNOME XML library
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alpha 413.2 kB1312 kB [list of files]
amd64 377.0 kB1076 kB [list of files]
arm 400.9 kB1112 kB [list of files]
armel 325.0 kB884 kB [list of files]
hppa 442.3 kB1140 kB [list of files]
i386 371.5 kB976 kB [list of files]
ia64 486.0 kB1720 kB [list of files]
mips 348.8 kB1220 kB [list of files]
mipsel 386.6 kB1404 kB [list of files]
powerpc 386.2 kB1060 kB [list of files]
s390 355.0 kB968 kB [list of files]
sparc 367.6 kB988 kB [list of files]