[RndTbl] Linux for the disabled

Trevor Cordes trevor at tecnopolis.ca
Thu Dec 5 02:00:53 CST 2019


On 2019-11-28 Frank H wrote:
> I was diagnosed with ALS earlier in the year.
> Among other things, my voice is quickly becoming unintelligible, and
> my hands are weakening to the point that one day I won't be able to
> type. Eye tracking hardware/software is probably going to my mode of
> communication. Are you guys aware of anything like that for linux?
> When I use Windows, I feel like I'm in a stranger's house.

Hi Frank!  Sorry, don't know much about eye tracking gear.  It might be
esoteric enough that Windows is your only (easy) bet.  Of course, you
can hopefully still run Linux on top of Windows in a VM or WSL or
something, with Windows host handling the accessible input and passing
it through to Linux.  The virtual-heavy guys here can probably say
definitively if that would work or not.


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