MINDDESKTOP - Computer Accessibility for Severely Handicapped

Ori Ossmy, Ofir Tam, Rami Puzis, Lior Rokach, Ohad Inbar, Yuval Elovici

2011

Abstract

Recent advances in electroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG) enable communication for people with severe disabilities. In this paper we present a system that enables the use of regular computers using an off-the-shelf EEG/EMG headset, providing a pointing device and virtual keyboard that can be used to operate any Windows based system, minimizing the user effort required for interacting with a personal computer. Effectiveness of the proposed system is evaluated by a usability study of non-handicapped users, indicating high user satisfaction and decreasing learning curve for completing various tasks. A short demonstration movie of the proposed system can be seen in the link provided.

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Ossmy O., Tam O., Puzis R., Rokach L., Inbar O. and Elovici Y. (2011). MINDDESKTOP - Computer Accessibility for Severely Handicapped . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-56-0, pages 316-320. DOI: 10.5220/0003500803160320


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Ossmy O., Tam O., Puzis R., Rokach L., Inbar O. and Elovici Y. (2011). MINDDESKTOP - Computer Accessibility for Severely Handicapped . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-56-0, pages 316-320. DOI: 10.5220/0003500803160320


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@conference{iceis11,
author={Ori Ossmy and Ofir Tam and Rami Puzis and Lior Rokach and Ohad Inbar and Yuval Elovici},
title={MINDDESKTOP - Computer Accessibility for Severely Handicapped},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,},
year={2011},
pages={316-320},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003500803160320},
isbn={978-989-8425-56-0},
}


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis11,
author={Ori Ossmy and Ofir Tam and Rami Puzis and Lior Rokach and Ohad Inbar and Yuval Elovici},
title={MINDDESKTOP - Computer Accessibility for Severely Handicapped},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,},
year={2011},
pages={316-320},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003500803160320},
isbn={978-989-8425-56-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,
TI - MINDDESKTOP - Computer Accessibility for Severely Handicapped
SN - 978-989-8425-56-0
AU - Ossmy O.
AU - Tam O.
AU - Puzis R.
AU - Rokach L.
AU - Inbar O.
AU - Elovici Y.
PY - 2011
SP - 316
EP - 320
DO - 10.5220/0003500803160320


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,
TI - MINDDESKTOP - Computer Accessibility for Severely Handicapped
SN - 978-989-8425-56-0
AU - Ossmy O.
AU - Tam O.
AU - Puzis R.
AU - Rokach L.
AU - Inbar O.
AU - Elovici Y.
PY - 2011
SP - 316
EP - 320
DO - 10.5220/0003500803160320