Microsoft is testing a Windows 10 feature that allows people to control features of the operating system with their eyes.
Eye Control is aimed at
"empowering people with disabilities to operate an on-screen mouse,
keyboard, and text-to-speech experience using only their eyes,"
Microsoft said in a blog post on Wednesday.
Users require eye tracking hardware by Tobii in order to try out the feature.
When Eye Control is launched a box appears allowing a user to choose to control the mouse, keyboard or text-to-speech feature with their eyes.
When the mouse function is selected, a user has to look at what they want to click on then select, again with their eyes, what action they want to take such as a left click or right click.
Typing works in a similar way. Users need to look at letters that they want to type. But Microsoft is also trialing a feature called "shape-writing" to help people type faster with their eyes.
"You can form words by dwelling at the first and last character of the word, and simply glancing at letters in between. A hint of the word predicted will appear on the last key of the word," Microsoft explained.
The feature is currently in the beta testing stage for the so-called Windows 10 Insider Preview Build, which is available for select users.
Users require eye tracking hardware by Tobii in order to try out the feature.
When Eye Control is launched a box appears allowing a user to choose to control the mouse, keyboard or text-to-speech feature with their eyes.
When the mouse function is selected, a user has to look at what they want to click on then select, again with their eyes, what action they want to take such as a left click or right click.
Typing works in a similar way. Users need to look at letters that they want to type. But Microsoft is also trialing a feature called "shape-writing" to help people type faster with their eyes.
"You can form words by dwelling at the first and last character of the word, and simply glancing at letters in between. A hint of the word predicted will appear on the last key of the word," Microsoft explained.
The feature is currently in the beta testing stage for the so-called Windows 10 Insider Preview Build, which is available for select users.
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