A mouse for shaky hands
Hand tremors from Parkinson's disease and Essential Tremor can make using a computer mouse nearly impossible. The cursor not only flies everywhere but accidental clicks also result in unexpected actions being taken. This of course is extremely frustrating. After my grandfather was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2003-2004 I saw this first hand and consequently set about solving the problem in software. SteadyMouse was born. The software contains both an anti-tremor motion rejection algorithm to keep things stable, and an accidental click blocking mechanism to only let through intended clicks.…
A mouse for shaky hands launched on August 2, 2017 with 5 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches.
What it does
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hand tremors from Parkinson's disease and Essential Tremor can make using a computer mouse nearly impossible. The cursor not only flies everywhere but accidental clicks also result in unexpected actions being taken. This of course is extremely frustrating. After my grandfather was diagnosed with Parkinson's in…
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