Providing motor impaired users with access to standard Graphical User Interface (GUI) software via eye-based interaction
Howell Owen Istance, Christian Spinner, Peter Alan Howarth · 1996
We have designed an on-screen keyboard, operated by eye-gaze, for use by motor-impaired users. It enables interaction with unmodified standard Graphic User Interface (GUI) software written for ablebodied users, and it is not solely designed around the need to enter text. The keyboard will adapt automatically to the application context by, for example, loading a specific set of keys designed for use with particular menus whenever a menu is displayed in the target application. Results of initial evaluation trials are presented and the implications for improvements in design are discussed.