Kinect as an access device for people with cerebral palsy: A preliminary study.

•We look at the potential of the Kinect sensor as an access device for people with involuntary movements.•We develop a speed-based algorithm to transform Kinect data into discrete events.•We assess the behavior of when is used by people with cerebral palsy and involuntary movements as an access devices.•Kinect filter some of the involuntary movements of people with involuntary movements.