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Automatic scrolling based on real time eye tracking with python
Scrollthescroll is a python package for automatic scrolling based on real time eye tracking using a webcam. By tracking the movement of the users pupils using a webcam it can estimate when the user has read a line and can scroll accordingly. Scrollthescroll allows a user to maintain focus on a fixed quadrant of the screen, making reading on devices easier.
Scrollthescroll is currently in its prototype stages and works only with local PDF files. Scrollthescroll is currently only in working condition for Windows OS, however new changes are coming soon.
Install the PyPI package:
pip install scrollthescroll
or clone the repository (no installation required, source files are sufficient):
git clone https://github.com/Theo-eBrown/scrollthescroll
or download and extract the zip.
Running the scrollthescroll prototype:
from scrollthescroll import Prototype
p = Prototype()
p.run()
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Automatic scrolling with real-time eye-tracking
We found that scrollthescroll demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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