Dual mode appliance control system for people with severe disabilities

Abstract

Assistive Technology plays a vital role in the lives of people with severe disabilities. It helps them to lead an independent self-supporting life. Disabled persons as a result of causes traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries to stroke and cerebral palsy are find it difficult to carry out everyday tasks without continuous help. Already thereexist a speech recognition system which provide support to the physically disabled people.But those people who cannot communicate through speech can use the tongue motion to control the environment. In this system for the speech recognition, voice is given as input to the headset with microphone near the user's cheek which is connected with the mobile. So the signal from the mobile is transferred to the microcontroller using the Bluetooth module, and this microcontroller will control the appliances.For the tongue motion, four sensors are fixed in the teeth of the patient and when the patient touches the sensor the signal sends to the microcontroller and microcontroller will control the environment.

Contextualization of motivations determining the continuance intention to use smart devices among people with physical disabilities

“…As elaborated above, extant studies have found that the diverse functions of smart devices provide disabled individuals with practical assistance to overcome their disabilities, improving the quality of everyday life, leading to higher levels of life satisfaction Hong and Min, 2015;Qiao et al, 2013;Varghese and Amudha, 2015). Therefore, in order to motivate disabled individuals to take advantage of smart devices, it is quite necessary to scrutinize thoroughly the mechanisms that influence disabled users to use their smart devices.…”

“…This suggests the need to conduct further research on the wide range of issues surrounding the disabled population's use of smart devices. Scholars have delved deeply into various topics related to this populations' use of smart devices Hong and Min, 2015;Qiao et al, 2013;Varghese and Amudha, 2015). Within the previous studies, we can identify three broad areas of research.…”

“…Within the previous studies, we can identify three broad areas of research. First, much academic attention has been given to the development of assistive technology geared toward the disabled population Hong and Min, 2015;Kim et al, 2013;Sendra et al, 2014;Varghese and Amudha, 2015). For example, 1 There has been a widespread debate regarding the use of person-first language and identity-first language in addressing individuals with disabilities.…”

“…In our study, while we primarily use person-first language as is recommended by the American Psychological Association (n.d.), we also use identity-first language in instances where we believe it helps us more clearly convey a statement. Varghese and Amudha (2015) introduced a new appliance control system primarily based on speech recognition. Although these studies have produced practically meaningful findings that can aid disabled populations in effectively using the new technologies, they take a purely technology-oriented approach to use.…”

“…Therefore, the study of smart devices in the context of this population is urgently needed so that we can address the ways in which use can be encouraged and facilitated in an informed and appropriate manner. Although there has been research on smart device use among populations with disabilities, previous studies have mainly focused on issues of technical accessibility Hong and Min, 2015;Varghese and Amudha, 2015) or the potential roles of smart devices in improving the quality of disabled people's 1 everyday lives Lee and Jeong, 2012). The main findings of these studies have provided practitioners and scholars with useful information that can be applied to the development of effective technical functions and interfaces, allowing for potentially more useful and fruitful experiences than what are now being offered.…”