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The 8pen Gesture-Based Keyboard

8pen · Demo · 4 min · 2010 · YouTube title: The 8pen
Why it's here

HN commenters who used it remember it as an unusually fast and accurate touchscreen text input method and a fascinating alternative to QWERTY.

What it covers

A demo of the 8pen, a gesture-based keyboard replacement for touchscreens that lets users enter text by moving around a circle. It is meant for phones, remotes and game controllers and mimics handwriting.