ActiveIris: uma solução para comunicação alternativa e autonomia de pessoas com deficiência motora severa

  • Authors:
  • Pamela C. Levy;Nirvana S. Antonio;Thales R. B. Souza;Rogério Caetano;Priscila G. Souza

  • Affiliations:
  • Núcleo de Tecnologias Assistivas - FPF Tech, Distrito Industrial, Manaus-AM, Brasil;Núcleo de Tecnologias Assistivas - FPF Tech, Distrito Industrial, Manaus-AM, Brasil;Núcleo de Tecnologias Assistivas - FPF Tech, Distrito Industrial, Manaus-AM, Brasil;Núcleo de Tecnologias Assistivas - FPF Tech, Distrito Industrial, Manaus-AM, Brasil;Núcleo de Tecnologias Assistivas - FPF Tech, Distrito Industrial, Manaus-AM, Brasil

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 12th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Eyes movement detection has been broadly explored as an alternative of computer interaction for people with physical disabilities to interact with the computer. Nowadays, accessibility products present a high cost for the user, becoming impracticable for most of the target audience. In this work, we present ActiveIris, an accessibility suite that uses a common webcam to capture eyes movements and integrates several functionalities. With a differentiated interface, the suite facilitates the access to social networks, mobile phone and internet navigation as a way of social and educational inclusion and furthermore it promotes more autonomy of the person with disability by enabling residential environmental control. Initial tests show that ActiveIris interface turns the tasks easier and faster when compared to another interfaces.