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Re: MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad

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Post by fathyb » Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 9:10 AM UTC

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #21

I'd like to see more comments from the target audience, at the moment the comment section is full of abled people who speculate on the needs and experiences of the target audience.

I immediately sent this to my tetraplegic brother in-law. He cannot move his fingers so he uses a special device to precisely point on a touchscreen using his fist. It makes sense to me: other than the fingers, the tongue is probably the most precise output device on the body.

Re: MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad

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Post by retrocryptid » Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 9:13 AM UTC

mrep8 wrote: post #26

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Because people who have lost fine motor control over their hands and fingers cannot exercise fine motor control with their hands and fingers.

Re: MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad

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Post by retrocryptid » Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 9:14 AM UTC

keithalewis wrote: post #30

qup wrote: post #19

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Powered by carbon sequestering unicorn farts too!

Be nice.

Re: MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad

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Post by jimbobthemighty » Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 9:14 AM UTC

Are the batteries easily digested?

Re: MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad

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Post by ndsipa_pomu » Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 9:15 AM UTC

ycombinete wrote: post #27

I realise this is intended for accessibility (for which is looks amazing), but I can also see this gaining widespread abled [0] use for things like gaming, and making mobile computing easier. I can see myself pulling out the iPad on the train, and popping in the mouthpad to make navigation through Mails, Procreate, etc. easier. [0] I tried "non-disabled" here, but that just seemed too clumsy. Am I missing an obvious…

Your sentence makes perfect sense if you just omit "abled", but it seems like a perfectly cromulent word.

Re: MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad

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Post by slim » Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 9:15 AM UTC

Gys wrote: post #28

> Initial 3D intraoral dental scan > Custom-designed MouthPad^ device This seems expensive. I hope the future brings a more general version.

This does not need to be expensive. I expect the price to drop down with economy of scale

Re: MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad

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Post by taubek » Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 9:24 AM UTC

This could do wonders for people that can't use their limbs to control devices.

Re: MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad

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Post by simultsop » Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 9:25 AM UTC

pen2l wrote: post #18

It seems pretty nifty. I played around with Tobii eye-tracking hardware half a decade ago and was pretty amazed by its precision. I understand now it also has Glasses (vs. the model I tried, a tracker you put below your monitor usually). Marrying eye-tracking glasses with this mouthpad might be a winning combination: eye-tracking being the mouse to navigate in xy-space, and mouthpad for clicks. Kudos to this group fo…

I just tried this in my mind, eyes (point) + tounge (click, double-click) would definitely be a great interface combo.

Re: MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad

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Post by pxeger1 » Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 9:26 AM UTC

ycombinete wrote: post #27

I realise this is intended for accessibility (for which is looks amazing), but I can also see this gaining widespread abled [0] use for things like gaming, and making mobile computing easier. I can see myself pulling out the iPad on the train, and popping in the mouthpad to make navigation through Mails, Procreate, etc. easier. [0] I tried "non-disabled" here, but that just seemed too clumsy. Am I missing an obvious…

"able-bodied" is a common one, but doesn't quite fit here. I think "widespread" on its own is good enough to get across that you mean expanding to outside the market of disabled people

Re: MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad

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Post by proto_lambda » Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 9:27 AM UTC

ycombinete wrote: post #27

I realise this is intended for accessibility (for which is looks amazing), but I can also see this gaining widespread abled [0] use for things like gaming, and making mobile computing easier. I can see myself pulling out the iPad on the train, and popping in the mouthpad to make navigation through Mails, Procreate, etc. easier. [0] I tried "non-disabled" here, but that just seemed too clumsy. Am I missing an obvious…

"abled" is the term your looking for, yes.