arithmetic coding
Currently, disabled computer users have a hard time inputting text, using laborious word-completion. Plus find out how this is changing, thanks to Dasher, a new open-source text-entry system based on arithmetic coding.
© 1997-2009, Millennium Mathematics Project, University
of Cambridge.
Permission is granted to print and copy this page on paper for non-commercial use. For other uses, including electronic redistribution, please contact us.
Permission is granted to print and copy this page on paper for non-commercial use. For other uses, including electronic redistribution, please contact us.
Do you know what's good for you?
Careers with maths
Gavin Harper is a mathematician working right at the heart of genetics
A favourite from the archive...
Subscribe to our RSS feed:
Latest news
(24/03/2010)
A Galileo of number theory
(16/03/2010)
The state of the Arctic
(03/03/2010)
How do you know a drug works? Should it be free on the NHS?
Plus podcast 22, February 2010: Evaluating a medical treatment
Plus puzzle
