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> I'd think out of the box on this, and just give the user another channel to control the page turning. The most natural choice I could see would be some sort o

by nandemo 15y ago

> I'd think out of the box on this, and just give the user another channel to control the page turning. The most natural choice I could see would be some sort of eye or head tracking. I think the most natural is a pedal, which has actually been implemented. Grandparent's suggestion of ambient audio seems rather inadequate. Pianists don't turn pages always at the very end of the page. They read ahead, and how much they read ahead depends on the particular passage.

jerf 15y ago
"which has actually been implemented." Yes, I implicitly added a requirement for myself that I not merely duplicate off-the-shelf tech, because that would be boring. One characteristic of that solution is that it requires additional hardware, whereas head tracking (and maybe eye tracking) could be done with the same setup pictured in the article. But I would totally agree that given a pedal, that will be the superior solution on almost every level. Truly, nothing else speaks with the input clarity and precision of a simple button.