On 10/21/2011 06:28 PM, Piñeiro wrote: > Description > ======= > > Some physically impaired users are not able to use the mouse, so an > alternative input system is required. web-cams are a really common and > cheap device these days (most of modern laptops include it), so one > option is use a webcam to track the motion of any object visible by the > camera and moves the mouse cursor according to the path of the tracked > object (a user's head, for example). > > > Module proposed > =========== > > In order to fulfill this feature, we propose eViacam (Enable Viacam) [1]. > > 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. Based on the award winning Facial Mouse > software. > > eViacam is a mature tool, with several years of development, with a user > base, and active help forums. It was also reported that it works fine > with other GNOME related modules like Dasher. > > > Owner > ==== > > César Mauri > > > Involved parties > ========== > > Accessibility team > > > Current Status > ========= > > As I said on the module proposal this is an already mature tool, so > towards 3.4 the basic issues is about the integration with GNOME. > * Repositories: right now it is on sourceforge. This shouldn't be a > blocker thought. > * Bugzilla: pending (but probably we should wait until this feature is > approved) > * Look and feel: some people could not agree with current interface > [2]. This shouldn't be a blocker thought. > > And finally, the main concern could be about the graphical toolkit. > eViacam uses wxWidgets [3][4], in order to ensure a native look and feel > on both Windows and Linux systems. wxGTK is the most common wxWidgets > port, meaning that it will be using Gtk+ native widgets wherever > possible. This feature proposal would include the proposal of wxWidgets > as a external dependency. > > > Note > === > > In addition to wxwidgets, eViacam has also dependencies with opencv and > libv4l1, that should be included as external dependencies. > > > [1] http://eviacam.sourceforge.net/eviacam.php Do people using it have two webcams - one for the screennavigation and one for videocalls? Just wonder if someone has thought about the resource clash here.
Stefan > [2] http://sourceforge.net/projects/eviacam/#screenshots > [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wxwidgets > [4] http://wxwidgets.org/ > > _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
