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MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad
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#42This seems like it could go well with AR glasses. Could even be extended to scan the mouth and recognize subvocalizations so you could talk to it without emitting sound or opening your mouth. I.e. a general purpose input device.
That would be a game changer, if feasible. I used to wonder why no one tried building a transceiver that picked up speech vibrations from skull perhaps through the ear cavity.
Those exist. Main application is military/police radio, because you can use them even with a gas mask on.
Disadvantages are that you need to fully speak (whispering and sub-vocalizing doesn't work), and your voice sounds kind of funny.
Keywords is "bone conduction microphone" or "ear bone microphone".
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#43I'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 have had periods of time where I couldn't use my hands to use the computer due to bad rsi. I used an eye tracker for controlling the mouse and a voice recognition tool (talon) for typing. However, I couldn't use these for very long because I got a sore throat from speaking in a way the computer understands, and focusing places with my eyes all the time gave me headaches.
While a mouthpad seems slighly superior to an eye tracker, the real benefit lies in having more alternatives in my opinion. So you can use your tongue when your eyes are tired and your eyes when your tongue is tired.
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#44I 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…
Yes, while we all tend to jump to permanent disabilities as the justification for accessibility, one can have situationally or otherwise temporarily reduced ability. Examples that jump to mind:
* broken fingers
* wearing gloves at a cold station
* a parent holding a bottle while feeding a newborn baby
* a chef working with busy/messy hands
* a computer with a dodgy mouse and no trackpad
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#45This seems like it could go well with AR glasses. Could even be extended to scan the mouth and recognize subvocalizations so you could talk to it without emitting sound or opening your mouth. I.e. a general purpose input device.
There is something being worked on at NeurotechSC utlising OpenBCI's tech with regards to this,
"Synthetic Telepathy with Subvocal Recognition":
https://openbci.com/community/synthetic-telepathy-with-subvo...
mouthpad + subvocalisation....keyboards and mice are DONEZO.
very cool shit.
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#46It 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…
Tobii's tech is used in Sony's PSVR2 for eye tracking and it works wonderfully with foveated rendering or to point at menu elements with your eyes
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#47I 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 correct term, yeah. Sometimes we call them pre-disabled if we're being cheeky or trying to make a point.
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#48It 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…
The tongue muscle can be trained. This is also useful for at least one other activity.
I switched to using a glue stick for mailing letters.
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#49If this one is pretty inexpensive and can be bought without a doctor prescription, this would be a great improvement.
Out of curiosity, I had looked into getting a tongue-controlled device some years ago (to complement an eye tracking interface I had made for playing a specific game without keyboard/controller as a challenge), but had run into these two blockers.
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#50Wonderful accessibility aside, that's a brilliant name. It's just fun to say.