http://wiki.openmoko.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Blubbfisch&feedformat=atomOpenmoko - User contributions [en]2024-03-19T02:48:33ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.19.24http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Talk:Wishlist/Text_InputTalk:Wishlist/Text Input2007-07-12T14:03:29Z<p>Blubbfisch: </p>
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<div>Hexinput looks very interesting to me. --[[User:Cezz|Cezz]] 14:35, 10 March 2007 (CET)<br />
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I think Apples Rosetta (Apple Newton OCR) is old but still one of the best embedded OCR. patented?. [[User:Hede|hede]] 08:29, 29 June 2007 (CEST)<br />
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I think Dasher is a very good and fast input style, maybe the fastest I ever have seen and it is optimal, I think, for a mobile system like OpenMoko. I wish someone could port it to OpenMoko. There is a version for Windows and Max OSX too. [[User:blubbfisch|blubbfisch]]15:59, 29 June (GMT +1)</div>Blubbfischhttp://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Talk:Wishlist/Text_InputTalk:Wishlist/Text Input2007-07-12T14:02:29Z<p>Blubbfisch: </p>
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<div>Hexinput looks very interesting to me. --[[User:Cezz|Cezz]] 14:35, 10 March 2007 (CET)<br />
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I think Apples Rosetta (Apple Newton OCR) is old but still one of the best embedded OCR. patented?. [[User:Hede|hede]] 08:29, 29 June 2007 (CEST)<br />
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I think Dasher is a very good and fast input style, maybe the fastest I ever have seen and it is optimal, I think, for a mobile system like OpenMoko. I wish someone could port it to OpenMoko. There is a version for Windows and Max OSX too. [[User:blubbfisch|blubbfisch]]</div>Blubbfischhttp://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Talk:Wishlist/Text_InputTalk:Wishlist/Text Input2007-07-12T14:00:15Z<p>Blubbfisch: </p>
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<div>Hexinput looks very interesting to me. --[[User:Cezz|Cezz]] 14:35, 10 March 2007 (CET)<br />
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I think Apples Rosetta (Apple Newton OCR) is old but still one of the best embedded OCR. patented?. [[User:Hede|hede]] 08:29, 29 June 2007 (CEST)<br />
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I think Dasher is a very good and fast input style, maybe the fastest I ever have seen and it is optimal, I think, for a mobile system like OpenMoko. I wish someone could port it to OpenMoko. There is a version for Windows and Max OSX too.</div>Blubbfischhttp://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wishlist/Text_InputWishlist/Text Input2007-07-10T10:45:07Z<p>Blubbfisch: </p>
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<div>Current version supports input using [[Input Method|on screen keyboard]].<br />
You can also use Bluetooth keyboards and with (battery) powered USB hub can also use USB keyboards.<br />
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Near computer can also use networking over Bluetooth or USB and then ssh into device or run X11 programs remotely and thus use whatever input possibilities other computer supports.<br />
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For further predictive text input information see: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictive_text Predictive text wikipedia]<br />
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[[Category:User Interfaces]]<br />
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===== New input methods =====<br />
* [http://patrickbaudisch.com/publications/2007-Vogel-CHI07-Shift.pdf Shift]<br />
* [http://www.inf.ufsc.br/~guy/text_input.html Another text input]<br />
* [http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ Dasher] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasher Wikipedia link]): A side-scrolling probabalistic text entry method that's well suited to stylus use. One disadvantage is that it makes little use of muscle memory so you need to pay close attention to the screen while entering text. An andvatage is that it is not limeted to english text, but can be used with any language/alphabet. A video presentation is also [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5078334075080674416 available]<br />
* [http://www.micropp.se/openmoko/ Finger splash] (Idea presented on [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-March/003984.html OpenMoko community mailing list])<br />
* [http://www.strout.net/info/ideas/hexinput.html HexInput]: A keyboard-style input method optimized for stylus use.<br />
* [http://www.exideas.com/ME/faq.html MessagEaseST] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFf9Mw3nlsY YouTube demo])<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code Morse Code]<br />
* [http://mrl.nyu.edu/projects/quikwriting/ Quikwriting]<br />
* [http://www.almaden.ibm.com/u/zhai/shapewriter.htm Shape Writing]<br />
* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/openmoko-devel/2007-May/000912.html Werner Almesberger's finger input suggestion] ([http://www.acc.umu.se/~cm/inw.pdf Draft layout as pdf] [http://www.almesberger.net/misc/openmoko/inwheel-1.tar.gz Prototype])<br />
* [http://www.hellkvist.org/software/ XMerlin]<br />
* [http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/23876/12433_newkey1.jpg Danzeff Keyboard] A Keyboard designed for PSP, using the analog-stick<br />
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===== Patented input methods =====<br />
* [http://depts.washington.edu/ewrite/ EdgeWrite], a unistroke character/word input method (reminiscent of Palm's Graffiti)<br />
* [http://www.fitaly.com/wince/pocketpcfitaly.htm Fitaly Keyboard]<br />
* [http://images.overstock.com/f/102/3117/8h/www.overstock.com/images/products/L10480944.jpg Input method used by Garmin] (Maybe patented?)<br />
* [http://www.speedscript.biz/ SpeedScript]<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T9_%28predictive_text%29 T9] See http://www.tegic.com/about/patent-list.asp for legally addability for users in some countries. <br />
* [http://www.tengo.net/ TenGO]<br />
* [http://www.agiletext.com/ AgileText]<br />
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===== Text input method surveys =====<br />
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Here are some surveys / overviews of text entry methods that I turned up using Google:<br />
* [http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~jhw/text.html Text entry] A web page with a survey of text entry methods by John Williamson<br />
* Poika Isokoski, [http://www.cs.uta.fi/~poika/g/g.html A Minimal Device-Independent Text Input Method], has a chapter listing existing approaches ca. 1999<br />
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===== Other ways to enter text =====<br />
* Once there is hardware with multi-touch screen support, [[Wishlist:Spell weaving|gesturing with 2-3 fingers]] might offer interesting possibilities.<br />
* Use [[VoiceText|voice to dictate text]]<br />
* Use [[Optical Character Recognition]] and [[Barcode Recognition]] on an image that exists on the file system or via a picture that has just been taken (even if it is a temporary picture only for this purpose).<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedwords Dutton Speedwords]<br />
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===== Interesting hardware input devices =====<br />
* [http://www.mobilitysite.com/2007/02/small_compact_bluetooth_keyboard.php Credit-card sized bluetooth keyboard] (Note: apparently supports only Bluetooth Serial Port Profile and not HID; supportable, of course, perhaps using existing user space daemon [http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/kbdd kbdd])<br />
* [http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8193/ Bluetooth laser virtual keyboard] eventually could be built into the phone once more miniaturized.<br />
* [http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/6c82/ Frogpad]<br />
* [http://www.spartechnik.de/start.htm?d_Keyb_Mini_Mini_Bluetooth_Keyboard_im_Scheckkartenformat.htm Freedom Mini], apparently not manufactured anymore but still sold and works out of the box with Bluez' hidd. Has a spring-loaded hinge for squeezing a phone/PDA against the keyboard; seems like a Neo could attach nicely but don't have one to actually test. --[[User:Mjr|Mjr]] 10:30, 15 May 2007 (CEST)<br />
* [http://www.3pointd.com/20070518/finger-mounted-3d-mouse-from-undergrads/ experimental ring-mouse]<br />
* Livescribe's [http://www.livescribe.com/sneakpeek/index.html smartpen]; could act as touchscreen pen + laser + regular pen + "intelligent" pen + OCR device. See [http://www.pikesoft.com/blog/index.php?itemid=189 this] blog post.<br />
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