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Speech-based home automation system

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Emmanouil Fytrakis,

Ioannis Georgoulas,

Jose Part,

Yuting ZhuAuthors Info & Claims

British HCI '15: Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference

Pages 271 - 272

https://doi.org/10.1145/2783446.2783606

Published: 13 July 2015 Publication History

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In this paper, we present the design, implementation and evaluation of a simple and user-friendly interface for a home automation system. Our approach is based on speech; given that this allows a more natural way of interacting with the system. The use of speech also improves accessibility since people with impaired vision can potentially use it. The interface is based on Android and thus, it runs on any Android compatible devices. Alternatively to the interface implemented, we introduce a mock-up of what the ultimate design would look like. Finally, we present the results from an evaluation of the system performed on 30 individuals between the ages of 20--29 years old. These results show an overall broad acceptance of the proposed system.

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F. Portet, M. Vacher, C. Golanski, C. Roux, and B. Meillon, "Design and evaluation of a smart home voice interface for the elderly: Acceptability and objection aspects," Pers. Ubiquitous Comput., vol. 17, pp. 127--144, 2013.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642866
Werth OGuhr NBreitner M(2020)Smart Home in Private HouseholdsInternational Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology10.4018/IJSSMET.202010010811:4(122-136)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2020
https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSMET.2020100108

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British HCI '15: Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference

July 2015

334 pages

ISBN:9781450336437

DOI:10.1145/2783446

General Chairs:
Shaun Lawson
University of Lincoln, UK
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Patrick Dickinson
University of Lincoln

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British HCI 2015: 2015 British Human Computer Interaction Conference

July 13 - 17, 2015

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Xue XLi XJia BDu JFu X(2024)Who Should Hold Control? Rethinking Empowerment in Home Automation among Cohabitants through the Lens of Co-DesignProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642866(1-19)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642866
Werth OGuhr NBreitner M(2020)Smart Home in Private HouseholdsInternational Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology10.4018/IJSSMET.202010010811:4(122-136)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2020
https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSMET.2020100108

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