on another note it always makes me cringe when I see companies offering services to the disability community and they have ambiguous links etc. What’s ridiculous is some disability websites use them.

you have to keep your mouse in an area from then not to close. One more thing popup menus are horrible for eye tracking, most eye tracking users probably can’t use them. and the picture ones can be difficult to solve on occasion. I type very slowly and sometimes I can’t type the CAPTCHA in time. What is the greatest barrier you experienced on the web A menu pops up on my screen and I can choose from dozens of functions that I want the computer to perform. Right clicking is done through my knee switch scanning system. With eye tracking, I look at letters and hold my gaze and then to type and the cursor follows my gaze too.

I use eye tracking and a knee switch to operate my computer, I can move the mouse to a specific area of the screen then make small corrections to the position with my knee switch scanning system, I type with eye tracking and word prediction.įor those of us who aren’t familiar with eye tracking and switches, could you tell us a bit more about the specifics of relying on that assistive software? How does eye tracking work specifically? What’s your disability or impairmentĬerebral palsy. Thane, let’s start with our first question. So we did the interview via email, he typed his answers and recorded this text to speech software reading his part of the conversation. They offer testing, training, and tooling to help fix accessibility, fast! My guest today is Thane Pullan. Tenon provides accessibility as a service. First, I need to thank Tenon for sponsoring the transcripts for this episode.

And you’re listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts where disabled people explain their impairments, and what barriers they encounter on the web. Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Download file “Thane Pullan talks about switch input and CAPTCHAs” | Duration: 4:10 | Guest: Thane Pullan | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

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