Ask HN: Anyone using a “no hands” setup for programming?

Re:Ask HN: Anyone using a “no hands” setup for programming? by luckystarr on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @09:04AM (#9340432)

Try Dasher http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/

It's been developed for people only having a "one dimensional" possibility for doing inputs, i.e. only can move an eye or one muscle.

Given a custom dictionary you can write quite fast, though I don't know how practical this would be for programming.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone using a “no hands” setup for programming? by Igglyboo on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @09:28AM (#9340584)

It would probably quite fast for everything other than writing out strings or naming variables/methods etc.

Intellisense in most modern IDEs already does most of the custom dictionary work.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone using a “no hands” setup for programming? by JoshTriplett on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @10:46AM (#9341090)

It also has the advantage of using the same interface to enter text character-by-character and to accept predictions; predicted next text becomes easier to enter with a wider area to hit, while unlikely next text can still be entered.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone using a “no hands” setup for programming? by tluyben2 on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @09:53AM (#9340750)

Thanks for posting this one ; I saw it a while ago and some more polished version as well. Seems like a good idea to play around with for touch screen.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone using a “no hands” setup for programming? by robertfw on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @07:21PM (#9344821)

What was the more polished version you saw? I've been really interested in Dasher for quite some time but the last time I looked it appeared to have stagnated in terms of progress

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