Reader app made for traumatic brain injury survivors.

EZEyes is the reader app for TBI survivors. Traumatic brain injuries vary in severity and symptoms, but almost all involve damage to the nerves controlling eye movement. Reading, which involves a lot of eye movement, goes from a basic and essential activity to an exhausting challenge. By placing words one after another at a fixed point on the screen, EZEyes eliminates eye movement and allows people with TBIs to read easier, faster, and for longer. EZEyes is an accessibility tool intended to be used alongside a doctor-prescribed recovery plan - it is not a therapy.

EZEyes is a reader application for Windows, macOS, and GNU/Linux. The app is split into two panels - one for inputting text, and one for playing it back. Users can either paste in text or import it from a PDF, RTF, or word doc. Once input, users can click on any word to start reading there. The reader displays sequences of words at the center of the panel - as many as you can read without moving your eyes - and gives the options to pause, play, advance one sequence and go back one sequence through buttons, and go forward and back by a sentence or paragraph through keybindings. In the final version, many aspects of the application will be customizable - reader speed, font size, theming (font + colors), and keybindings - allowing users to tailor their experience for their own personal needs.

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