Touch Screen, Head Mouse and Eye Gaze

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Touch Screen, Head Mouse and Eye Gaze
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Alternatives to the mouse keyboard

• One alternative to the keyboard and mouse is a
  touch screen monitor
• Particularly useful for adults or children with
  learning difficulties who find correlation of
  moving hand on a mouse to what is on screen
  problematic
• mainstream option

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Making the touch screen easier to use

• Stylus many variations
• Touch screen gloves
• Keyguards (physical or virtual)
• Spacing out content
• Look at accessibility settings
• Placing screens at an angle to prevent hand drag
  on screen

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Alternatives to the mouse

• Another alternative a Head mouse or tracker.
• Examples of this is the Natural Point and
  Origin Head Mouse, which work on an infra red
  system tracking a small reflective dot on the
  user.
• Camera Mouse based on a standard Webcam with
  special software.
• Also facemouse free download from
  http//www.oskaworld.com/category/free-face-mouse.
  php

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Eyegaze

• Use of infrared transmitters, to locate eyes, and
  a camera to focus on eye movement.
• Lots of recent developments in this area, both
  commercially and in disability sector.
• Need to calibrate
• Can use dwell or blink or external switch to
  select
• Need software to interact with onscreen i.e.
  onscreen keyboard, The Grid 2, proprietary
  software
• Various different products allow for a variety of
  users
• See http//www.cogain.org/home for more
  information

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Examples of Eye Gaze Devices