Rui CarmoA grab‑bag of (mostly historic) links and tools related to assistive technologies that I came across over time. Listing criteria: either free, uniquely useful, or solving a very specific accessibility/input need.
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| Articles | 2009 | Retina (interview) | Interview on a color‑blind accessibility aid for iPhone. |
| Input Devices | 2006 | Mouse Options | Overview of adaptive mouse/pointing options (kid‑oriented additions included). |
| GlovePIE | Alternate input scripting environment (originally for gaming hardware) with broader uses. |
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| Freelook | Head/object tracker (Windows only). |
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| CamTrack | Experimental head tracking (unmaintained for years; archived interest value). |
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| IBM Head‑Tracking Pointer | Camera‑based head pointer (Windows focus at the time). |
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| Cammover | Flash‑based motion tracking demo with source code. |
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| Soap | Novel ‘soap’ form‑factor mouse concept. |
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| Screen Readers | Orca | GNOME screen reader. |
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| Scripting | Script Packs | Command/script extensions for MacSpeech (historic). |
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| Speech/TTS | European Portuguese TTS | Commercial Portuguese text‑to‑speech voice (30‑day trial noted at the time). |
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| Text Input | Dasher | Predictive, continuous gesture/text input system (internal page link). |
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| KeyStrokes | On‑screen keyboard utility (internal page link). |
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| Voice Input | 2018 | Talon | Developer‑oriented voice control and dictation system; extensible. |
| 2009 | Proloquo2Go (iPhone/iPod touch) | Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app; relatively costly at launch. |