Eye-tracking e disabilità Relatore: chiar.mo prof. Mauro Mosconi Correlatore: chiar.mo prof. Marco Porta Università di Pavia Corso di Laurea in Editoria e Comunicazione Multimediale Agnese Fonte

Publishing and Multimedia Communication Communication by disabled people by means of Multimedia Technology Specialized Degree in

Assistive Technologies AT promote greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish

Assistive Technologies Technologies Disabilities Eye-Tracking ALS

My Thesis, with interviews with patients

Outline 1motor impairments and ALS 2accessibility 3laws and regulations 4assistive technologies and eye-tracking (ET) 5ET applications for disabilities (Italian market) 6interviews with ALS patients 7conclusions My Thesis, with interviews with patients

Eye-trackers calculate the point of gaze ("where we are looking"). They allow disabled people to communicate with eyes. Eye-Tracking infrared leds infrared camera

SrLabsTobii Easy LabsErica / Alea Tech. E.T. Italian Market TiflosystemSeetech Handy SystemTobii

Eye-Tracking Applications for disability

Basic interaction techniques

Instant speech from preset phrases

Virtual keyboard

Predictive keyboards

Applications for “advanced” users

Internet browsing

VoIP Telephone

Reading

Multimedia Archives

Home automation (domotics)

E.T. Italian market: emerging issues

North-South divide in Italy # of Eye-Trackers North South Sicily

ALS CP Italy Europe Cerebral Palsi (CP) ALS Institutions’ support in Europe and in Italy

Interviews with ALS patients

Stefano Borgonovo, ex - 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 with ALS patients Anna Cortese, middle-aged lady “L’eye tracker è stato la mia salvezza. Ho ricominciato a vivere comunicando con gli altri.”

Interviews with ALS patients Maurizio Casadidio, a fight against bureaucracy “Mi ha dato la possibilità di rivivere la comunicazione con gli altri”

Interviews with ALS patients Antonio Tessitore, leaving 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 with ALS patients Antonio Carboni, worried 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

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