Università di Pavia
Corso di Laurea in Editoria e
Comunicazione Multimediale
Agnese Fonte
Eye-tracking e disabilità
Relatore: chiar.mo prof. Mauro Mosconi
Correlatore: chiar.mo prof. Marco Porta
Specialized Degree in
Publishing and Multimedia Communication
Communication by disabled people
by means of Multimedia Technology
Assistive Technologies
AT promote greater
independence by
enabling people to
perform tasks that they
were formerly unable
to accomplish
Assistive Technologies
Technologies
ALS
Eye-Tracking
Disabilities
My Thesis, with interviews with patients
My Thesis, with interviews with patients
Outline
1 motor impairments
and ALS
2 accessibility
3 laws and
regulations
4 assistive technologies
and eye-tracking (ET)
5 ET applications for disabilities (Italian market)
6 interviews with ALS patients
7 conclusions
Eye-Tracking
infrared leds
Eye-trackers calculate
the point of gaze
("where we are looking").
They allow disabled
people to communicate
with eyes.
infrared
camera
E.T. Italian Market
SrLabs
Tobii
Easy Labs Erica /
Alea Tech.
Tiflosystem
Seetech
Handy System Tobii
Eye-Tracking Applications for disability
Basic interaction techniques
Instant speech from preset phrases
Virtual keyboard
Predictive keyboards
Applications for “advanced” users
E-mail
Internet browsing
VoIP Telephone
Reading
Multimedia Archives
Home automation (domotics)
E.T. Italian market: emerging issues
North-South divide in Italy
North
South
Sicily
# of Eye-Trackers
Institutions’ support in Europe and in Italy
ALS
ALS
Italy
ALS
Cerebral
Palsi
(CP)
CP
Europe
CP
Interviews with ALS patients
Interviews with ALS patients
Interviews
Stefano
Borgonovo,
with ALS ex
patients
- footbal player
“Non getto via la vita. Continuerò a dare il mio
contributo perché si riesca a trovare una cura.
La vita non si getta mai via. Non bisogna
distruggere il bene più prezioso che abbiamo.”
Interviews
Anna
Cortese,
withmiddle-aged
ALS patientslady
“L’eye tracker è stato la mia
salvezza. Ho ricominciato a vivere
comunicando con gli altri.”
InterviewsCasadidio,
Maurizio
with ALS apatients
fight against bureaucracy
“Mi ha dato la
possibilità di rivivere
la comunicazione
con gli altri”
Interviews
Antonio
Tessitore,
with ALSleaving
patients
no stone unturned
“Ho dato un
senso a questa
assurda lotta
contro la malattia.
Pur essendo stato
una cavia, mi
sento fortunato.
Non ho intenzione
di lasciare nulla
d’intentato. E’ una battaglia dura ma non lasciamoci
sconfiggere dalla paura!”
Interviews
Antonio
Carboni,
with ALS
worried
patients
about his family
“Ho il desiderio di rimanere aggrappato alla vita
e la volontà di continuare a darle un senso.”
Once again, connected to the world
Thanks for your attention!