To continue my track record of chiming in with probably irrelevant information on top of better suggestions: :-)

 

Totally agree that Dragon is probably a better option in the situation.

 

I am not aware of commercially available eye tracking under $500. Cogain has some do-it-yourself ideas and Eyetribe has some potential options as well.  I just do not think that either of those are near readiness for someone to utilize as a regular mouse. They are both in development.

 

https://theeyetribe.com/products/

http://wiki.cogain.org/index.php/Eye_Trackers#Low-cost_eye_tracking

 

A while back I had one patient who was a computer programmer and do-it-yourselfer who took a look at the Cogain stuff and he felt it was above him. That means it is well above me since he was a lot more advanced than I would be in terms of computer programming etc.

 

 

Ed Hitchcock OT/L

Technology Center

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

 

 

 

Hi Erin,

 

This doesn’t address the issue of eye tracking per se, but if he is using a program like NaturallySpeaking, he should be able to do any “mousing” activity via voice commands and “MouseGrid”…

 

A lot of the things that he might want to do via a mouse would probably be more efficiently done via voice/keyboard commands (unless he wants to do something like drawing.)

 

Margaret Cotts   Assistive Technology Specialist

Low Tech Solutions   Low Tech Communication Aids

 

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Phone: (510) 681-3639  |  Fax: (510) 842-1748

 

 

Good morning,

 

I am looking for the least expensive eye tracking recommendation. I have a patient who is looking exclusively for mouse control via eye tracking as he is not appropriate for head, foot or hand mouse. On top of motor neuron disease he has a vascular condition which prevents him from any repetitive motor movement with the exception eye movement. Someone mentioned yesterday they had a patient who obtained an eye tracking system for under 500$. He is not dysarthric and will be using voice command for typing.

 

Erin Singleton M.A., CCC-SLP
Neuroscience Outpatient Rehabilitation Center
2335 East Kashian Lane, Suite 301
Fresno, California 93701
Office: (559) 459-6056
Fax: (559) 459-2957
Email: xxxxxx@communitymedical.org

 

 

 

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