What you need:
1. a head (duh)
2. a webcam
3. Head tracking pointer by IBM
The download is easy, just fill out the form to create an IBM id and press download. You also need to extract the zip folder to any comfortable location.
How to use:
The program itself is very smart and will discover any webcams connected.
To start, connect your webcam and open the head tracker.
It needs quite a lot of light to work well, but not too much, or it won't tell your nose apart from the rest of your over-lighted face.
Tilt your head left and right 3 times and look straight at the center of the screen to let it find your nose position, which it will use to determine where you're looking at. You can repeat this at any time, if it starts tracking incorrectly. The pointer should automatically move to the screen center when it finds your nose shadows.
To move the pointer, gently move your head to look at the place you want it to go.
To click, stare at the same spot for approx. 3 seconds. Turn clicking on first from the Main menu to allow clicking. The menu also has buttons for double-clicking, right-clicking and for dragging and dropping.
You can also open the on-screen keyboard:
Start > All Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > On-screen keyboard
Although it will take some time to get used to, this hands-free alternative can be quite fun if you want a change.
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Most keyboards have a special button Prt Scr / Sys Rq on them. It's just to the right from F12. When pressed, it captures the current screen into a bmp image which can be pasted (Ctrl + V) into any image editing software. Even Paint will do.
The only problem is that you can only take one screenshot, if you take another, the previous one will be erased. The .bmp file also takes a lot of space and compressing to .jpg is better.
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