Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Discover Switch

Christopher can't use either a keyboard or mouse to access his computer. The following video clip shows how he uses his Discover Switch software - which gives him total use of all his computer programs. The only contribution I made to this video was holding the camera and plugging it in so he could download the footage. Everything else was done using a single headswitch that is fastened to his headrest.



The software that comes with Discover Switch throws various context-friendly "keyboard layouts" onto his computer screen. These are then scanned section by section, so that a simple click of the switch selects the button that Christopher wants to use.

DISCLAIMER: I had nothing to do with choosing the music, either! I will try to get a better-quality version up when Christopher has some free time :)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hello BC

We will be looking forward to seeing this software when we next visit. Mum does not seem blown away by the music! Tell her not to worry as we did not get any sound! Did you say 'the end' when it finished (lip reading).

Love, LGG