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Life & fun · September 10, 2015

OptiKey

OptiKey- opensource eyetracking keyboard for ppl with ALS

OptiKey launched on September 10, 2015 with 3 votes. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

What it does

OptiKey - Full computer control and speech with your eyes - Home · OptiKey/OptiKey Wiki

Optikey is an assistive on-screen keyboard which runs on Windows. It is designed to be used with a low cost eye-tracking device to bring keyboard control, mouse control and speech to people with motor and speech limitations, such as people living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) / Motor Neuron Disease (MND). Optikey was written to challenge the outrageously expensive, unreliable and difficult to use AAC (alternative and augmentative communication) products on the market. It is, therefore, fully open-source and free. Forever. It works out of the box once you have your eye-tracking device installed and allows selections to be made using dwell selection, as well as physical buttons and…from github.com

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