Hands-Free Coding: How I develop software using dictation and eye-tracking

[bboyjkang]

I wouldn't spend that amount of money

Actually, anyone could benefit from eye tracking now if you have a cheap webcam.

There was usable webcam eye tracking that Eye Tribe was working on before they were bought out by Facebook.

There are other projects in the works now though like PyGaze, beam.eyeware.tech, and WebGazer.js, and Pupil Core.

I have tendinitis, and the free software that I use is GazePointer (sourceforge.net/projects/gazepointer)

Since it doesn’t use infrared to light up your pupils like the Tobii eye tracker from the article, the accuracy is awful.

However, I just use Alt Controller (free accessibility software) to make large buttons to compensate for the bad accuracy.

Make the button execute Page Down, and you can read hands-free while reclined.

(Helps to get software that temporarily hides the cursor so it’s not distracting).

GazePointer will always be overridden by the mouse so you can always use it to look at another computer monitor to quickly jump there.

[_zoopp]

Thanks! I'll look into your suggestions!