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In this paper a gaze tracking system is presented that allows stress free reading for people who are paralyzed, with low vision or who have both disabilities. The system tracks the positions of the eye pupil corneal reflection and finds the point of the readers gaze. The user wears a head-mounted device (special eyeglasses) when he sits in front of the computer screen. The integrated possibility of magnification has allowed more effective working with the computer, including accurate selections of targets, faster reading and writing. The experiments have shown the usefulness of the proposed system and claim that it can not only enhance the human vision but can also increase the living quality by allowing non-contact interaction with the computer.
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Raudonis, V., Paulauskaite-Taraseviciene, A., Maskeliunas, R. (2012). Vision Enhancement Technique Based on Eye Tracking System. In: Eriksson-Backa, K., Luoma, A., Krook, E. (eds) Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities. WIS 2012. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 313. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32850-3_14
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