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Re:Paralyzed Man Uses Brain Implant to Type Eight Words per ... by flukus on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @01:07AM (#13703428)
I hope they make a vim plugin for the software.

Edit - This was a joke, but I do wonder if command/movement style interfaces would be much better for this type of thing than a keyboard interface.

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Re:Paralyzed Man Uses Brain Implant to Type Eight Words per ... by etrautmann on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @01:41AM (#13703591)
They have implemented dasher using the same technique, which is a rapid gestural spelling interface:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr3s4613DX8

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Re:Paralyzed Man Uses Brain Implant to Type Eight Words per ... by anaptdemise on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @01:13AM (#13703450)
My hand is cramping... I volunteer to write the emacs one first.

But really, this is something I dream about as a spinal disease survivor.

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Re:Paralyzed Man Uses Brain Implant to Type Eight Words per ... by flukus on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @01:16AM (#13703462)
You don't have a foot pedal? (https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/FootSwitches)
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