Smyle Mouse – Patented Head Mouse & Adaptive Switch

Innovative Hands-free Computer Access via Facial Gestures

Smyle Mouse is an award-winning and patented software solution that enables individuals to control their computers through facial gestures, using only a standard webcam. Designed to assist people with mobility challenges affecting the hands, Smyle Mouse translates simple head movements and face gestures, like smiles, into mouse commands. This hands-free approach to computer interaction opens up new possibilities for users with conditions such as ALS, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and more, making digital access more inclusive and empowering users to communicate, entertain and be productive with ease and independence.

Smyle Mouse Overview & Demo (Hands-free Computer Mouse and Switch)

Benefits of a Software-Only, Hardware Widgets-Free Solution

Smyle Mouse is a software-only solution that leverages the ubiquity of webcams to provide multiple benefits to the user.  This provides several important benefits to the user—

• Instant acquisition:  Download and start using Smyle Mouse in a few minutes!
• Eliminate wear and tear:  There are no widgets to fix, repair or replace.  Avoid on-going costs.
• Hassle-free setup: There is no need to install eye-trackers, head trackers, or switches either. 
• User comfort:  There is no need to wear any uncomfortable headgear nor any awkwardness due to having to hold widgets like bite or sip-and-puff switches in the mouth.
• Enhanced independence:  Auto start upon log-in to your computer.  No need for a caregiver to set up or adjust any widgets on or around the user.

Basics of Using Smyle Mouse:

Introducing Smyle Mouse v3.0: A Big Step Forward

The planned launch of Smyle Mouse v3.0 (Q2 2024) marks a significant advancement in the Smyle Mouse journey, bringing new features and improvements that enhance its usability and functionality, for new and advanced users, as well as caregivers. Here are a few examples

• Absolute Mode of Pointing (Nose Pointing) – Simple head pointing experience with in-built auto-centering. Designed for new and AAC users.
• Mouth Open gesture – Additional flexibility for invoking various commands, including mouse clicks and switch signals.
• Profiles Management – Profiles for use with different users or for different times / tasks for the same user.

What can one do with Smyle Mouse?

With Smyle Mouse, the possibilities are virtually limitless, enabling users to engage fully with the digital world.

• Communicate and Socialize
• Go to School
• Pursue Your Career
• Express Artistically
• Recreation and Gaming
• Independence at Home

Smyle Mouse opens up a world where disabilities do not dictate one’s ability to interact, learn, create, and enjoy the vast resources of the digital landscape.