Assistive Technologies

A 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.

CategoryDateLinkNotes
Articles2009Retina (interview)

Interview on a color‑blind accessibility aid for iPhone.

Input Devices2006Mouse Options

Overview of adaptive mouse/pointing options (kid‑oriented additions included).

GlovePIE

Alternate input scripting environment (originally for gaming hardware) with broader uses.

Freelook

Head/object tracker (Windows only).

CamTrack

Experimental head tracking (unmaintained for years; archived interest value).

IBM Head‑Tracking Pointer

Camera‑based head pointer (Windows focus at the time).

Cammover

Flash‑based motion tracking demo with source code.

Soap

Novel ‘soap’ form‑factor mouse concept.

Screen Readers2006Orca

GNOME screen reader.

Scripting2006Script Packs

Command/script extensions for MacSpeech (historic).

Speech/TTS2006European Portuguese TTS

Commercial Portuguese text‑to‑speech voice (30‑day trial noted at the time).

Text Input2006

Predictive, continuous gesture/text input system (internal page link).

On‑screen keyboard utility (internal page link).

Voice Input2018Talon

Developer‑oriented voice control and dictation system; extensible.

2009Proloquo2Go (iPhone/iPod touch)

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app; relatively costly at launch.

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