We discuss how the arithmetic-coding-based communication system, Dasher, could be driven by discrete button presses. We describe several prototypes and predict the information rates of these interfaces.
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@inproceedings{MacKayButtons2004, title={Efficient communication with one or two buttons}, author={David J. C. MacKay and Chris J. Ball and Mick Donegan}, booktitle={Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods}, editor={Rainer Fischer and Roland Preuss and Udo von Toussaint}, publisher={American Institute of Physics}, address={Melville, New York}, volume={735}, series={AIP Conference Proceedings}, pages={207-218}, year={2004} }This webpage: http://www.inference.org.uk/mackay/abstracts/dasherButtons.html. See also this technical report.
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