AbleMouse Launches Open-Source Computer Control System for Disabled Users, Challenging Expensive Assistive Tech Market
Summary
AbleMouse launches open-source computer control system offering affordable alternatives to expensive assistive technologies, providing tongue, touch, AI vision, and gesture controls for users with ALS, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injuries across multiple operating systems.
Key Points
- AbleMouse launches as an open-source assistive technology alternative to expensive solutions like MouthPad and eye-trackers, designed to help people with physical disabilities control computers
- The project now offers multiple sub-products including a DIY Edition for tongue/touch control, an AI Edition using computer vision for cursor control, and MouseCommander for gesture-controlled actions
- The solution targets users with conditions like ALS, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injuries, providing compatibility across Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and other operating systems