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"It is simply unforgivable that the price tag on these machines is approximately $20,000 when, off the shelf, suitable hardware is available for $2,000.
Our foundation is working with established companies like Sahara Tablet Kiosk, which makes my tablet, and Tobii, which designed my eye tracking, to create less expensive, more powerful machines. We can outfit someone for $6,000 rather than $20,000, which is progress."

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Both the Eye Tribe (it's an additional $1 for Android device manufacturers to integrate) and EyeCharm (it's a $60 attachment to a $99 Kinect) are extremely cheap compared to Tobii (the Tobii REX is $1000).

I believe that the Eye Tribe SDK, and the EyeCharm SDK will support input from any other eye tracker. Extensions and applications that you have developed will be compatible with the more expensive eye trackers, such as those from Tobii and SMI.

TalkingEyes: Eye-tracking and ALS Google+ Community: [https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/103103072435695270907](https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/103103072435695270907)

Also, please consider one day working with something like Fleksy. It might help make eye-typing much easier and faster.
“Fleksy is a state-of-the-art text input system so powerful that you can type without even looking at the screen.

For the first time ever, sighted, visually impaired and blind people are able to quickly and easily type on touch screen phones and tablets.”.
Since some people can only afford the cheaper eye-tracking solutions that I mentioned, they will most likely have to deal with less accurate, and more fluctuant control. Any software that might help compensate for unstable movement would be great.

The cheaper, mass-market eye-trackers might be insufficient for people with ALS, but more developer support for eye-trackers in general should help the rest of the eye-tracking products.