Debian Accessibility Input methods packages

An input assistive technology intended for switch and pointer users.

Enable Viacam (aka eViacam) is a mouse replacement program that moves the pointer tracking the user's head movements. It works on a standard computer equipped with a "webcam". No additional hardware is required. Based on the award winning Facial Mouse.

MouseTrap permits people with movements impairments to access the computer. It uses image processing to translate the user's head movements into mouse events (movements, clicks) which allow users to interact with the different desktops managers and applications.

This package contains a daemon and some panel applets to improve mouse usability on the GNOME desktop. These enhancements are:

• The possibility to click without a button
• The ability to bring the context menu with a one-button mouse (like MacOS does)
• An area to capture the mouse pointer until it is released with a pre-defined key combination.

On-screen Keyboard (OSK) with macros, easy layout creation and word suggestion.

This virtual keyboard can be useful for tablet PC users operated via touchscreens, as well as for mobility impaired users.

TuxTyping is an educational typing tutorial game starring Tux, the Linux Penguin. The player guides Tux to eat fish which are falling from the top of the screen. Each fish has a letter written on it. When the player presses the corresponding key, Tux will position himself to eat the fish. The game is intended for children learning to type, though it does have higher difficulty levels which even experienced typists may find challenging.

xvkbd is a virtual (graphical) keyboard program for X Window System which provides facility to enter characters onto other clients (software) by clicking on a keyboard displayed on the screen. This may be used for systems without a hardware keyboard such as kiosk terminals or handheld devices. This program also has facility to send characters specified as the command line option to another client.

CellWriter is a grid-entry natural handwriting input panel. As you write characters into the cells, your writing is instantly recognized at the character level. When you press 'Enter' on the panel, the input you entered is sent to the currently focused application as if typed on the keyboard.

• Writer-dependent, learns your handwriting for reliable recognition
• Correcting preprocessor algorithms account for digitizer noise, differing stroke order, direction, and number of strokes
• Unicode support enables you to write in your native language

Dasher is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures. Dasher is a competitive text-entry system wherever a full-size keyboard cannot be used - for example,

• on a palmtop computer
• on a wearable computer
• when operating a computer one-handed, by joystick, touchscreen, trackball, or mouse
• when operating a computer with zero hands (i.e., by head-mouse or by eyetracker).

The eyetracking version of Dasher allows an experienced user to write text as fast as normal handwriting - 25 words per minute; using a mouse, experienced users can write at 39 words per minute.

Dasher uses a more advanced prediction algorithm than the T9(tm) system often used in mobile phones, making it sensitive to surrounding context.

Ibus-braille allows one to use the PC keyboard to type text in graphical desktops in a Perkins-like way, i.e. braille patterns.

It supports several braille tables (english, french, indian, spanish), contracted braille and abbreviations.

It comes with table editors.