New assistive technology open source project

[cmauri]

Hi guys,

My name is Cesar Mauri. Since 2003 I'm working with machine vision and alternative computer access close to the people of the Cerebral Palsy Association in Tarragona (Spain). I've just launched an (my first) open source project called Enable Viacam (eViacam) based on the former
commercial application Facial Mouse.

http://viacam.org

eViacam is a mouse replacement software that moves the pointer as you move your head. It works on standard PCs equipped with a web camera. No additional hardware is required. I.e. it enables computer access for people with severe disabilities with good head control.

eViacam is in production/stable stage. Inherits most code from the commercial version which has been successfully tested with handicapped people with ALS, cerebral palsy, tetraplegia among others.

Development isn't completed yet, but the released version (0.9) is fully functional and includes most of the commercial version features. In the future the open source version will substitute the commercial one. eViacam is being developed using wxWidgets and opencv1. eViacam is released under GNU/GPL license and runs for Linux and win32 systems.

Comments are welcomed.

Regards,

Cesar

[donkyhotay]

Looks interesting, especially with it being open source. Too bad I don't have a web camera to test it out with, otherwise I'd take a look and at least give you a few bug reports. I know someone who is paralyzed from the neck down that currently works his computer with a stick in his mouth. Something like this with (especially with some sort of voice recognition) would really help him out.

[Movingon]

Fantastic program. This will be very useful to some students I do volunteer IT work for. Well done !

[ahmedwali]

Hi,
Its a very good program will succeed as it is planned well..:D