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Author: Mike Bennett (smoog at stressbunny dot com) Last Update: 14/08/2003

wayV is...

1. Experiment with human computer interaction, especially gesture based computing.
2. Initially some software that does hand writing/gesture recognition. Shapes represent actions and are inputed via the mouse, i.e. draw a B and the "b" key press is sent to your Xterm, draw a C and xcalc starts, draw an N and Netscape starts, etc.

How to use

See INSTALL for information on how to compile wayV.

When wayV is running hold down the activation buttons. Draw shapes (make gestures by moving the mouse), and when you're finished making a gesture release the activation button.

wayV then tries to match a gesture with an action, e.g. hold down mouse button 1, wait till a white border appears around your screen, draw a C with the mouse, release mouse button 1 and Xcalc should start if its on your computer and in your path.

Various notes

Read "doc/HOWTO-wayv-config" to understand how to configure wayV, and have a look at "doc/trained-gestures.jpg" to see what default gestures wayV is setup for.

When you're using wayV with user feedback on (this is the default) you MUST wait till a white border appears around your screen BEFORE attempting to drawn a gesture. The appearance of the white border tells you wayV is ready for gesture capture and processing.

For those who are interested wayV uses a form of template matching for its gesture recognition.

Website

http://www.stressbunny.com/wayv