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07 September 2007

The web and the severely disabled I went to a conference today and saw part of that film. It blew my mind.[More:]
I've seen film footage of disabled users interacting with the web before, but this film blew my mind. The user is interacting with the rest of the world via nothing more than subtle jaw movements. It's amazing.
That's incredible. You can see what a powerful change that software has made to her life.

It was also neat to see how much quicker she was at typing things than her husband was with his one finger hunt-and-peck typing.

I had no idea that this had been developed as far as it has. I think that has to be a very gratifying programming job, especially compared to doing websites about loans or something like that. How very cool.
posted by Sil 07 September | 19:00
I've seen other film footage of people using tubes to blow onto pads to simulate mouse movement and also people using their feet because they can't use their hands, which is also amazing. But for some reason, this film really hit a nerve.

The fact that people who would have previously had no method of communicating with anyone can now interact with the entire planet, is astounding.
posted by TheDonF 07 September | 19:18
Wow, I'm watching a bunch of their other stuff [they have a few videos on YouTube]. This one -- One Thumb to Rule Them All -- reminds me of the guy that was in the Gamers and their Avatars slideshow that was linked around here a while back. They're about the same ago too. I wonder what the disabled gaming community is like? AbleGamers still seems pretty newish and there's some neat stuff at HelpYouPlay.
posted by jessamyn 07 September | 19:20
Wow, that One Thumb To Rule Them All was amazing. The movie came up in Cameron Mall's "Good vs. Great Design" presentation which was excellent.

It's nearly 2am in the UK, so I'll check out all of the other links later.
posted by TheDonF 07 September | 19:37
Thanks for linking the next one, Jessamyn. I've read some of Mike Phillips' stuff, but I had no idea that he used the keyboard any differently than I do. Really cool.
posted by Sil 08 September | 00:03
jason's_planet found a job || This baby shower stuff is getting ridiculous.

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