• DocumentCode
    1995671
  • Title

    Voice-activated environmental control system for persons with disabilities

  • Author

    Jiang, Hua ; Han, Zhenduo ; Scucces, Peter ; Robidoux, Sean ; Sun, Ying

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rhode Island Univ., Kingston, RI, USA
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    167
  • Lastpage
    168
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the design of a voice-activated environmental control system to aid persons with disabilities, particularly people with quadriplegia, paraplegia, or cerebral palsy. The system consists of a universal remote control with X10 home automation capability, a Motorola 6811 microprocessor, and an off-the-shelf voice recognition circuit
  • Keywords
    handicapped aids; home automation; microprocessor chips; speaker recognition; speech recognition equipment; telecontrol; Motorola 6811 microprocessor; X10 home automation capability; cerebral palsy; home automation; off-the-shelf voice recognition circuit; paraplegia; persons with disabilities; programmed short commands; quadriplegia; universal remote control; voice-activated environmental control system; Automatic control; Automatic speech recognition; Circuits; Control systems; Home automation; Light emitting diodes; Microprocessors; Speech recognition; Switches; TV;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bioengineering Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE 26th Annual Northeast
  • Conference_Location
    Storrs, CT
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6341-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NEBC.2000.842432
  • Filename
    842432