Moving mouse and accessibility

[kilhian]

Hello all

I'm daily using this software (http://nipg.inf.elte.hu/headmouse/headmouse.html) in order to manage my computer (moving the mouse with my head moves, I became disable due to a desease (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis)).
I can't no more use ubuntu, because there is no tools available to move mouse pointer.
this software (http://nipg.inf.elte.hu/headmouse/headmouse.html) is the best open-source for windows.
sources are here (http://sourceforge.net/projects/erutarian)
is it posssible for a team to port it ?
but I'm not a dev :(
Thank you for your time and your atttention

kilhian

[cmauri]

kilhian,

Please try Enable Viacam (http://viacam.org). It's available for Windows and Linux. Please tell if you need additional features (perhaps already found in the software you are talking about). I'll consider implementing it.

Regards,

César

Hello all

I'm daily using this software (http://nipg.inf.elte.hu/headmouse/headmouse.html) in order to manage my computer (moving the mouse with my head moves, I became disable due to a desease (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis)).
I can't no more use ubuntu, because there is no tools available to move mouse pointer.
this software (http://nipg.inf.elte.hu/headmouse/headmouse.html) is the best open-source for windows.
sources are here (http://sourceforge.net/projects/erutarian)
is it posssible for a team to port it ?
but I'm not a dev :(
Thank you for your time and your atttention

kilhian

[kilhian]

Thanks, I will try it :)

[cmauri]

Hi kilhian,

I've added a new version (1.0) of Enable Viacam. I've fixed several bugs and also introduced .deb packages. See Changelog for details.

Regards,

César

[kilhian]

Doesn't work on Ibex :(
i've downloded the deb file
launch it
then it asks me to install libavcodec0d dependency wich one is unavailable from apt-get :(/

[cmauri]

Until now the .deb package has been tested on debian etch. Ports to Ubuntu are also planned. Meanwhile you can try compiling the (debianized) sources.

Regards,

César

[kilhian]

Here is error message while make
icons/user.xpm:284: attention : deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’
wconfiguration.cpp: In member function ‘void WConfiguration::CreateControls()’:
wconfiguration.cpp:247: erreur: invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct wxImageList’
/usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/generic/listctrl.h:16: erreur: forward declaration of ‘struct wxImageList’
wconfiguration.cpp:250: erreur: invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct wxImageList’
/usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/generic/listctrl.h:16: erreur: forward declaration of ‘struct wxImageList’
wconfiguration.cpp:252: erreur: invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct wxImageList’
/usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/generic/listctrl.h:16: erreur: forward declaration of ‘struct wxImageList’
make[2]: *** [eviacam-wconfiguration.o] Erreur 1
make[2]: quittant le répertoire « /home/hadopix/eviacam-1.0/src »
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1
make[1]: quittant le répertoire « /home/hadopix/eviacam-1.0 »
make: *** [all] Erreur 2


:(

[cmauri]

Last week I've received a mail from a developer who is working on the Ubuntu port. Meanwhile you can try this:

Add the following line:

#include <wx/imaglist.h>

in the wconfiguration.cpp file before the line

#include "wx/wxprec.h"

Then recompile it again.

Let me know if it worked.

Regards,

César

[kilhian]

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXtst
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [eviacam] Erreur 1
make[2]: quittant le répertoire « /home/hadopix/eviacam-1.0/src »
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1
make[1]: quittant le répertoire « /home/hadopix/eviacam-1.0 »
make: *** [all] Erreur 2

so bad

[cmauri]

kilhian,

Try with the latest eViacam version (currently 1.0.1) and ensure that libXtst is installed (for Debian you should install the libxtst6 and libxtst-dev packages), then check that under /usr/lib there you have:

./libXtst.so.6.1.0
./libXtst.so.6
./libXtst.a
./libXtst.so

Let me know if it worked.

Also you can check this (http://www.vivaolinux.com.br/artigo/Acessibilidade-Movimentos-do-mouse-com-a-face-(eViacam)) guide on compiling.

Cesar

[kilhian]

hi,
compilation is now ok
The webcam is not recognized althought it works on cheese, camstream...
creative webcam notebook
Prod id: 0x401f
thanks

[pcgaldo]

eViacam is working for me in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, installing this packages:

libhighgui1_1.0.0-6.2ubuntu1_i386.deb
libcv1_1.0.0-6.2ubuntu1_i386.deb
libcvaux1_1.0.0-6.2ubuntu1_i386.deb
eviacam_1.2.1_i386_ubuntu_karmic.deb

This software is not in the Ubuntu repositories. That is why I have proposed their inclusion in the repositories, through Ubuntu Brainstorm:

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25114/image/1/ (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25114/)

[cmauri]

This is good news! I hope to see eviacam included in the main distribution.

Regarding the webcam compatibility, there is good news too. We are working on a new camera layer that will improve compatibility with many cameras.

[jettaknight86]

Have you tried using MouseTrap? It's in the repos. It might work in the meantime.