TGlass: A Custom-made Wearable Promoting Accessibility for Tetraplegic

Abstract

Although the law of quotas enables people with disabilities (PwD) to join the labour market, better paying working positions require more skilled professionals, thus demanding specific professional qualification. Tetraplegic people often struggle to access regular courses, such that online courses could be an alternative to offer them some technical formation. However, they demand special equipment to interact with online courses. In this context, this paper presents the TGlass, a low budget smartglass designed to be distributed as companion material to online courses, respecting users anthropometry and providing them with comfort and movement freedom. Its input/output peripherals together with the eye tracking software technique makes possible the communication between PwD and a learning environment. As a result, we expect that a large scale production will reach a quite cheap price for the device, which will be able to better the life of quadriplegic people as for their professionals opportunities and thus to their quality of life.