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Development of a computer input system for people with disabilities using a commercial mouse and switches
Ching-Hsiang Shih1, Ching-Tien Shih
1Department of Special Education, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, Republic of China. schee@mail.ndhu.edu.tw
Purpose:
To help people with physical disabilities to effectively utilize commercial pointing devices to operate computers. This study develops a novel method to realize transferring single-direction physical movement into complete mouse functions.
Method:
The proposed system adopts a redesigned software mouse driver that adopts special switches to change the functionality of the mouse.
Results:
Three people with disabilities were recruited to test the feasibility of this system. Experimental results demonstrate that this method effectively enables people with disabilities to operate computers.
Conclusions:
In summary, the use of software technology makes this system low-cost, flexible, easy to maintain, and compatible with all standard interfaces of commercial input devices. The proposed system allows people with disabilities to use their remaining functional abilities to operate a computer.
