[oats-sig] youtube: webcam mouse movement = mouseTrap

Hey guys!!

oops forgot

could you put the avi on youtube?

cheers

~:'

Jonathan Chetwynd

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On 21 May 2008, at 21:16, Flavio Percoco Premoli wrote:

> Hey guys!!
>
> Thanks all for your Opinions and motivations, I'm really glad you  
> all like the project.
>
> @Steve:  where does pyatspi get used, just for selecting useful  
> windows to auto-focus?
>
> Well, pyatspi is used for several things:
>
> 1) Mouse movement listener
> 2) Keybindings listener
> 3) In the widgetsTrap feature is used to get all the selectable and  
> focusable widgets.
> 4) Execute the movements of the mouse
>
> It would be really nice to create mouseTrap as a multi-platform  
> application so I/We could think in a way to reduce the use of  
> pyatspi which is the only library that isn't multi-platform in the  
> mouseTrap API. I don't know IA2 so I'll take a look at it  
> immediately. :)
>
> I've no problems to share the code with you so I'll create an svn  
> under my domain and I'll create a private project for mouseTrap.  
> I'll send you the username and password that will allow you to  
> download the code. The user and password is because I don't want to  
> make it completely public until a first version can be released :P  
> (Nothing to worry about, I just want to do a great job :P )
>
> I'll added a file in de source called TESTS with a list of things  
> that I would like you to test ( If you can, it is not  
> obligatory :P ) to know how mouseTrap works in other computers and  
> architectures.
>
> Right now, My first goal is to reduce the CPU Usage and improve de  
> facedetection (reducing time and producing best results ) just after  
> this, I'll get to work in the mouse click execution ( Ideas are  
> welcomed, I'm thinking to use the eyebrows up/down movement or the  
> eyes blink ). I'll be making a lot of changes in the code this days.  
> I'll keep you all in touch.
>
> @Simon: How can I add the project to oatsoft? I logged in but I  
> don't know where I shoud add it.
>
>
> Well, I think this is it for now, I hope we can share many ideas and  
> knowledge.
>
> Again thanks to all.
>
> P.S:  Right now I don't remember if i sent this link [0] to the  
> list. So I send it again. Feel free to give your opinions too.
>
> [0] http://www.flaper87.org/2008/05/21/mousetrap-an-accessible-control-of-the-mouse-via-web-cam
>
> P.S 2: I'll send the svn info tomorrow, today I had to travel and my  
> bateries ran out of charge :P
>
> P.S 3 and hopping it to be the last P.S :) : I would like to work a  
> little bit in the arts of mouseTrap, I completely sucks creating  
> images with gimp or inkscape so as I said before, and help is  
> welcomed.
>
> Have a nice day
>
> Bests
>
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