Efficient communication through one or two buttons

David MacKay, Chris Ball, and Mick Donegan.

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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related publications.
David MacKay's: home page, publications. bibtex file.
Canadian mirrors: home page, publications. bibtex file.