An Innovative Speech-Based Interface to Control AAL and IoT Solutions to Help People with Speech and Motor Disability

Abstract

Active and Assisted Living (AAL) has been recognized for its crucial role in determining the quality of life in the future of our society. This principle has been confirmed by such institutions as the European Commission, an organization that clearly sees AAL as the "fundamental block" in addressing the challenges of demographic changes, sustaining people in productive and healthy work, keeping people at home healthy, independent and integrated, and improving the delivery of care where and when needed. These are very demanding challenges for which AAL can guarantee products and services that improve the quality of life for people in all phases of life, combining new technologies and social environments. Recent advances in a number of research areas have helped the vision of AAL to become a reality and have allowed integration of new AAL technologies into human lives in a way that will benefit all. All these aspects were explored during the Seventh Italian Forum on Active and Assisted Living (ForItAAL), in June 2016, Pisa, Italy. It is one of the most important annual showcase events for researchers, professionals, developers, policy makers, producers, service providers, carriers, and end user organizations working in the different fields of AAL, who want to present and disseminate their results, skills, prototypes, products, and services. This book presents the refereed proceedings of the Forum and reviews the status of researches, technologies, and recent achievements on AAL. Different points of view, from research to practice, cover interdisciplinary topics, combine different knowledge, expertise, needs, and expectations, and thus offer a unique opportunity to all those directly or indirectly interested and involved in the field of AAL. Moreover, the book discusses the promises and possibilities of growth in AAL. It lays out paths to meet future challenges and will provide crucial guidance in the development of practical and efficient AAL systems for our current and future society.

Intelligent Alarm System-Based Devices Designed for People with Disabilities, Caused by Various Chronic Diseases

“…It can transmit data over a network without the need for human-tohuman or human-to-computer interactions. Disability today can no longer prevent people with disabilities from falling behind in their daily household chores (9)(10)(11). An intelligent home for an individual with a disability can bypass any disability and help maintain independence.…”

Systematic Literature Review of Internet of Things Solutions Oriented to People with Physical and Intellectual Disabilities

“…Some of them combine with mental or cognitive rehabilitation systems (Alapetite & Hansen, 2017;Brik et al, 2018;Iyswariya et al, 2020;Li et al, 2019). Others emphasize their intervention in disabilities associated with speech difficulties; for example, Malavasi et al (2017) developed low-cost experimental systems for environmental control through simplified and accessible user interfaces, and many of the activities focus on automatic speech recognition.…”

“…The hardware technology that is also widely applied for people with disabilities is home automation, which allows users to function efficiently in their daily activities (Bissoli et al, 2019;Brik et al, 2018;Errobidart et al, 2017;Li et al, 2019;Malavasi et al, 2017;Singh et al, 2015).…”

A Comprehensive Study of Iot for Alzheimer's Disease

“…IoT solutions used for Alzheimer´s include a set of IoT devices in the phisical space in which the person interacts. In the Figure 4, we present an generic IoT solution that include camera for recognition of the people whom visit to older adult and the send the information of the visitant through of the voice service (Malavasi, 2017) also allow to send photographs stored in the IoT server related for stimulate their memory. The location of sensors will allow tracking of the person related to their daily activities, walking time patterns or detect if the person leaves the physical space.…”