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Listed here are all the different models of mouth or head operated mice I have
found on the internet. I am linking to them and/or their vendors here so you can
decide their merits or shortcomings for yourself. I have listed multiple websites
in cases where different vendors exist for the same product. If you know of any
other mouth or head operated mice please let me know so I can list them. Product
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Quick Comparison Chart of Mouth Operated Mice
Prices in this chart are the lowest I could find for these models.
Some vendors charge more. I have tried to make this as accurate as possible.
I would appreciate hearing from anyone by email with
any corrections if you find errors or better prices.
| Make |
Clicking Method |
Interface |
External Switch Options |
Requires Head Movement |
Price Range |
| TetraMouse |
2nd Joystick |
USB & PS/2 |
Yes, all 8 clicking, speed and cursor position functions |
No * |
$200 |
| QuadJoy |
Sip & Puff |
USB or PS/2 |
Yes, left & right click |
Yes |
$750 |
| Jouse2 |
Sip & Puff |
USB only |
Yes, left & right click |
Yes |
$1495 |
| IntegraMouse |
Sip & Puff |
USB only |
No |
Yes |
$2200 to $2500 |
* No head movement is needed when supplied with the tongue-operation option
which includes the TetraMouse TM04 model with close-spaced joysticks and cup-shaped
tongue-operated knobs.
TetraMouse
Lowest price, longest warranty, no sipping, no puffing, no nonsense!
Type: Mouth-operated dual joystick mouse. One stick for position, one
stick for clicking and speed selection. Two models available, one standard and
one with close-spaced joysticks and cupped knobs for use with tongue by people
with no head movement. External switch jack options for left, right and middle
button clicking and speed selection or all TetraMouse functions including pointer
movement. Other custom options available on request. Mounting options and custom
mounts available. 30-day money back guarantee, 3-year transferable
warranty, forever free transferable technical support.
Home page: http://tetramouse.com
- Starting at $200.00 plus shipping and handling $20.00 (within US).
Jouse2
Type: Mouth-operated joystick mouse with sip and puff clicking. External switches
may be added (clicking only). Mount included. 2-year warranty. Extended warranty
may be purchased.
Home page: http://www.jouse.com
- Pricing not given on website.
Reply from web form in email from "info@jouse.com; marketing@compusult.net"
- $1495.00 plus $60.00 shipping (fast air shipment - other shipping options
available).
Electricjoy (No longer available)
Type: Mouth-operated joystick mouse with sip and puff clicking. Requires installation
of circuit board in computer expansion slot.
Home page: http://www.genesisone.net/elecricjoy.htm
- $499.00 (This link no longer works)
Note: The Electricjoy has been discontinued and is no longer available
QuadJoy
Type: Mouth-operated joystick mouse with sip and puff clicking. Correct me if
I'm wrong, but the clicking options do not allow a left click and hold for drag
and drop operation. Website claims this is a four-button mouse but it only does
left and right clicks and scroll functions using sip and puff variations. 1-year
warranty.
Home page: http://www.quadjoy.com/
- $750.00
QuadJoy Price Comparison page: http://www.quadjoy.com/Pricing.htm
- Hmmm... they don't mention the TetraMouse.
Vendor: http://www.infogrip.com/product_view.asp?RecordNumber=106
- $950.00
IntegraMouse
Type: Mouth-operated joystick mouse with sip and puff clicking. No warranty
information found! -- must be at least a year for the price.
Home page: http://www.lifetool.at/show_content.php?sid=70
- No price given on website.
Vendor: http://www.enablemart.com/productdetail.aspx?store=10&pid=1184&dept=25
- $2200.00 plus $? shipping - (Mounting not included - add $300.00 plus $? shipping).
Mount is a $84 Manfrotto Magic Arm plus a $25 Super Clamp marked up to $300!
Ouch! Prices as of April 4, 2007.
Vendor: http://www.keytools.com/mice/integra.asp
- £1499.00 (about $2,964 US Dollars as of April 4, 2007) Wow! That's quite
a markup!
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Other Types of Head-operated Mice
These types of mouse controllers are generally subject to drifting pointer movements
and inaccuracy, require a helper to attach the device or target to the user limiting
the user's independence and require additional means of performing mouse clicks
and are therefore not in the same functional class as positive-acting, direct
mechanically controlled joystick mice as listed above. Devices that use cameras
(including infrared) are subject to interference from ambient lighting and sunlight.
They also may interpret all head movements as intended mouse movements.
LaZee Mouse
Type: Mounts on head (with microphone), detects head tilt to move pointer and
microphone detects breath puffs to perform click operations. Other clicking options
are available including separate switches.
Home Page: http://www.lazeetek.com
- $499.00 (with no clicking options) to $799.00. 2 year warranty - longer if you
pay more.
This novel design turns your head into a virtual joystick. Tilt head up, down,
left and right for corresponding pointer movement. Other packages available with
different options.
HeadMouse® Extreme
Type: Camera sensor and stick-on forehead target. Clicks using additional equipment
or software.
Home page: http://shop.orin.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4_9
- $995.00.
Vendor: http://www.enablemart.com/productDetail.aspx?pid=998&dept=20&store=10
- $995.00 to $1500.00 packages.
Vendor: http://store.prentrom.com/cgi-bin/store/HE-X.html
- $995.00
HeadMaster Plus
Type: Head-mount head motion tracker with sip and puff clicking.
Home page: http://store.prentrom.com/cgi-bin/store/HM-3P.html
- $995.00 with no warranty, 1 to 5-year warranties available ranging from $99.00
to $396.00.
Vendor: http://www.pacmedhawaii.com/specialty/hmaster.htm
- $1545.00
SmartNav
Type: Camera sensor and stick-on forehead target. Clicks using additional equipment
or software.
Home page: http://www.naturalpoint.com/smartnav/
- Three packages with various accessories: $199.00, $299.00 and $399.00
Tracker Pro
Type: Camera sensor and stick-on forehead target. Clicks using additional equipment
or software.
Home page: http://www.madentec.com/
- Price not given on website. Many dealers listed, click on the "Dealers"
link.
Vendor: http://www.enablemart.com/productDetail.aspx?pid=1279&dept=15&store=10
- $995.00
EyeTwig
Type: Software that uses a webcam and senses users face and controls cursor by
detecting head movement. Clicking is performed by dwelling on an object or gesturing.
Additionally, speech recognition can optionally be used.
Home Page: http://www.eyetwig.com
- Basic version $170.00, Pro version $270.00, 7-day free trial.
This software requires that you already own or buy a webcam. I tried this software
(trial version available at website) and found it to be much easier to control
the pointer and hold it steady when compared to other head trackers using webcams.
However, like other webcam head tracking software, it still has a tendency to
drift out of calibration, that is, the pointer doesn't always return to center
when you move your head back to your center starting position. I don't know if
it will ever be possible to fix that problem in any of the camera head tracking
programs. I must say that the EyeTwig software is the best in its class that I
have tried so far. The use of speech recognition, although rather limited, in
this program is a good idea and makes clicking operations much more managable.
Dwell and gesture clicking can be disabled when the speech option is enabled.
Dwell and gesture clicking leaves much to be desired since clicks will occur when
you don't want to click.
CameraMouse
Type: Software that uses a webcam and senses users face and controls cursor by
detecting head movement.
Home page: http://www.cameramouse.com/
- One-year license $99.00, unlimited license $299.00, 30-day free trial.
This software requires that you already own or buy a webcam. I have tried using
this program and immediately found serious drawbacks. Positive cursor control
is very sloppy as the cursor tends to wander like all head trackers using webcams.
It is hard to keep the cursor from moving in order to wait for the automatic click.
When the message "Mouse control cannot begin until your face has been detected
in the image." pops up, (and it will!), it is impossible to click the "OK"
button, and if you can't press the "Enter" key on the keyboard, you
cannot resume the program, or in other words, you might as well consider the computer
"crashed" because you cannot do anything and you are stuck unless you
have some way to reboot your computer. Also, it is apparently impossible to access
the Windows taskbar by moving the mouse towards it when it is hidden (if you prefer
to run your taskbar in the "hidden" mode like I do). I definitely recommend
that you NOT buy a webcam in order to test the CameraMouse. If you already have
a webcam, I recommend that you have someone nearby to get you out of the error
message situation in case you actually want to try out this program. The error
message mentioned above can come up when you move your face out of view of the
camera and then back in, or when you are away from the computer for a while. Poor
control and unrecoverable error situations rule this program out for any computer
operator.
QualiEYE
Type: Software that uses a webcam and senses users face and controls cursor by
detecting head movement.
Home page: http://www.qualilife.com/
- Price: 250 Euros. 30-day free trial.
For the most part, the comments I made above about the CameraMouse apply to the
QualiEYE software as well, except QualiEYE is even worse! Don't bother trying
it unless you have an assistant and you already have a webcam and you feel like
getting frustrated! I cannot recommend either the CameraMouse or the QualiEYE
systems (or ANY camera head tracking system) mainly because they are so imprecise
and can get you stuck with no way out. For typing on onscreen keyboards these
programs are excessively tedious and time-consuming when you can get them to work
at all. Although I know nothing more about Qualilife.com, they do appear to have
some other potentially useful products available and it may be worth a look.
NaviGaze
Type: Software that uses a webcam and senses users face and controls cursor by
detecting head movement. Clicking is performed (in theory) by blinking for various
lengths of time.
Home page: http://www.cybernet.com/products/navigaze.html
- Freeware (but in this case you get what you pay for!)
Maybe I haven't figured out how to make this program work properly, but it tends
to crash at unexpected times (like when I click on the Help menu - yeah, that
helps!). When the help menu doesn't crash there is nothing there anyway except
an "About" box and no help file. Seems to be very unstable. Cursor wanders
off. Sometimes leaves icon sized image fragment on screen after closing. Really
rough software with apparently lots of strange bugs. Seems to have many of the
same problems as other webcam head trackers only worse. Too bad this program is
so messed up, but hey! the price is right! This company also has a $9.95 webcam
head tracker program that I am not willing to try -- no free trial and judging
by the way NaviGaze works, or rather doesn't work, well, you get the picture.
They also have an eye tracking system for the paltry sum of $12,950. For that
kind of money you should be able to hire someone to run your computer for you
while you just tell them what to do!
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