 |
 |
Hi Teresa, Sounds interesting, will take a look. Thanks, Phil Phil Stephenson Assistive Technology Officer Disability Team Room g31 3 Elms Road Tel: 0121 414 8342 [log in to unmask] Please note I am not in on a Friday -----Original Message----- From: Teresa Pedroso [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 04 March 2009 15:50 Subject: Re: Virtual mouse clicking solutions Dear Phil, This is a solution I was told about, but I have not tried it. http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=visionmouse It uses a Web cam that records the head movements and then makes the mouse move on the screen. You will have to check how detailed it gets though... Best wishes, Teresa Pedroso Disability Librarian Accessible Resources Unit (ARACU) Oxford University Library Services Osney One Building Osney Mead Oxford OX2 0EW Tel: 01865 (2) 83861 ________________________________ From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. on behalf of Philip Stephenson Sent: Wed 04/03/2009 15:41 To: Teresa Pedroso Subject: Virtual mouse clicking solutions Hi, Here's one for all you teckies out there... I have met with a final year Theology PhD student who has severe RSI related injuries in her right hand, arm and shoulder. The main bulk of her PHD involves her translating New Testament Greek on screen into an electronic format. In doing this work she is required to press the mouse several times per minute in order to update any amendments she has made on screen to the text. She has previously used a support worker to type for her but this is not a solution that worked well for this type of work and so she is asking if I know of anything that will replace the need for her to physically click the mouse so often. We did talk about Dragon Vr however as the issue is not so much transcription but more the ability to use voice recognition to reproduce a mouse click I am not sure how effective this solution will be. She is also an Apple user and is currently using a 3yr old Mac Ibook fitted with an external keyboard and mouse. I am going to look at loaning her an ergonomic mouse / keyboard but the main issue here is whether anyone knows of a piece of software that will offer this virtual mouse clicking facility. Apparently a friend has mentioned some Apple specific software that can do this but so far I've had no luck tracking it down! Any help gratefully received! With best wishes, Phil ---- Phil Stephenson Assistive Technology Officer University of Birmingham Disability Team Student Life Division 3 Elms Road Birmingham B15 2TT T: 0121 414 8342 [log in to unmask] Please note I am not in on a Friday