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by fho 1827 days ago
Anyone still remembers [Graffiti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti_(Palm_OS))? ;-)
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IIRC, Graffiti itself used to be patent-encumbered in the 1990s, but any such patents should be fully expired by now. I wonder what's blocking a FLOSS reimplementation of something similar for the modern mobile platforms. If the glyph shapes are problematic (though they shouldn't be) there's also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_type which is over 100 years old.

Historically, graffiti-like systems have also been used for "night writing", so they might have some accessibility benefits as well.

Probably not Open Source but there is an Android keyboard based on Graffiti: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.access_com...
Is that right that I = 1 and O = 0 ?