I was diagnosed with ALS earlier in the year. Among other things, my voice is quickly becoming unintelligible, and my hands are weakening to the point that one day I won't be able to type. Eye tracking hardware/software is probably going to my mode of communication. Are you guys aware of anything like that for linux? When I use Windows, I feel like I'm in a stranger's house. Thanks,Frank
Hi Frank.
I haven't looked into that at all, so I can't make any personal recommendations. However, a quick Google search on the topic showed a few possibilities. This article looks interesting and may be useful to you...
https://www.linux.com/tutorials/weekend-project-take-tour-open-source-eye-tr...
Hope you find something that works for you.
Gilbert
On 2019-11-28 8:25 a.m., Frank H wrote:
I was diagnosed with ALS earlier in the year.
Among other things, my voice is quickly becoming unintelligible, and my hands are weakening to the point that one day I won't be able to type.
Eye tracking hardware/software is probably going to my mode of communication.
Are you guys aware of anything like that for linux?
When I use Windows, I feel like I'm in a stranger's house.
Thanks, Frank
On 2019-11-28 Frank H wrote:
I was diagnosed with ALS earlier in the year. Among other things, my voice is quickly becoming unintelligible, and my hands are weakening to the point that one day I won't be able to type. Eye tracking hardware/software is probably going to my mode of communication. Are you guys aware of anything like that for linux? When I use Windows, I feel like I'm in a stranger's house.
Hi Frank! Sorry, don't know much about eye tracking gear. It might be esoteric enough that Windows is your only (easy) bet. Of course, you can hopefully still run Linux on top of Windows in a VM or WSL or something, with Windows host handling the accessible input and passing it through to Linux. The virtual-heavy guys here can probably say definitively if that would work or not.
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