Typing and clicking on a computer using only your eyes might seem like nothing more than a parlor trick to the everyday user, but to people with neurological disorders, it’s life changing. Julius ...

Even if you do not manipulate the keyboard and mouse by hand, software that allows you to enter characters and move the cursor just by moving the line of sight is "OptiKey"is. It can completely ...

Julius Sweetland wasn't happy with the software options available to people with severe physical and speech impairments, so he spent the past three and a half years building his own eye-controlled ...

Julius Sweetland wasn’t happy with the software options available to people with severe physical and speech impairments, so he spent the past three and a half years building his own eye-controlled ...

OptiKey is an assistive on-screen keyboard which runs on Windows. Launched last week as a free, open-source service, OptiKey pairs with third party eye-tracking devices to help those with severe motor ...

It took a neck brace, internet strangers and being bored at work, but Julius Sweetland changed thousands of lives. The 35-year-old’s software OptiKey lets people with motor neurone disease use ...

Stephen Hawking, who suffers from ALS, uses a cheek-controlled communication system custom-designed by Intel to suit his needs. The software is now open source, but remains aimed at developers for the ...

Software developer Julius Sweetland has developed a Windows on-screen keyboard called OptiKey that works with eye-tracking devices to help users type out words or click options with a virtual mouse.