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Using Gaze Control for Communication and Environment Control: How to Find a Good Position and Start Working

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The research project ‘EyeTrack4all’, based at Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, showed that using gaze control to operate a communication aid or computer provides vital access to self-determination and participation for people who are permanently or temporarily unable to move and express themselves. In addition, a person with severely impaired motor function can use gaze control to operate various domestic devices. This chapter explains how gaze control works, what the prerequisites are for using gaze control, what to watch out for in tests and how a user achieves good positioning.

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Acknowledgments

The authors all belonged to the EyeTrack4all project team.

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  1. Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin, EyeTrack4all (D), Berlin, Germany

    Maxine Saborowski, Claudia Nuß, Anna Lena Grans & Ingrid Kollak

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Smartbox: “10 tips for successfully using eye gaze”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngYHTNmije8

Demonstration video on gaze control created by the research project “EyeTrack4all”: „Better communication with gaze control: Positioning tips“ (German with English subtitles). Available via DIALOG. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJc2pRSpUns&feature=youtu.be. Accessed 27 Aug 2016.

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Saborowski, M., Nuß, C., Grans, A.L., Kollak, I. (2017). Using Gaze Control for Communication and Environment Control: How to Find a Good Position and Start Working. In: Kollak, I. (eds) Safe at Home with Assistive Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42890-1_3

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