Smart home and assistive tech

[tylerthehut]

A presentation from a spinal cord injury summit we were invited to present at. I hope somebody find it interesting or helpful😊

sci.washington.edu/info/forums/video/access_tech/

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[darthoso]

I've been bashing my head against the wall trying to learn Home Assistant and Docker all week.

[gr33kdue]

i use smart lamps myself for now until i build a new house. also for our hvac same things using google nest

[mnquad07]

I use "Alexa" to control all of my television, satellite, etc.

[Dr. BiPAP Sachin]

Feb 4, 2023 14:56:08 GMT -5 mnquad07 said:

I use "Alexa" to control all of my television, satellite, etc.

It's pretty much the same with me. I got it with an Insignia Fire TV as an early birthday present from my brother. I also use Alexa to control my bedroom lights all with the commands of my voice. Assistive technology isn't just cool, in fact, in many respects it's essential to a number of us pwds and certainly gives that much-needed independence of environmental control of surroundings. I think eye tracking tech is one of those essential things, and I'm quite sure there's more such stuff out there that even I'm not aware of.

[sungod]

Thank you for sharing! I love smart home tech. It's one of the things that makes me feel so fortunate to have my disability in 2023 and not 50 years ago. It's so accessible (entendre intended) for us PWD because the developers have made it cool and useful for the general population too. Granted, I have to somewhat throw my fears of big brother and lack of privacy out the window…

To share like others, I have used mine for lights, TV, music, thermostat, smart lock, and assorted smart plugs.

[mnquad07]

my "Alexa" controls everything on my fire TV stick. So all the apps I watch; Netflix, Hulu, Peacock, Paramount, Apple, etc. most of them have pretty good control via voice. I think the worst is prime video and searching for things on Hulu so I find things on Hulu when I'm on my computer. I have things to set up lights and ceiling fan, but haven't had them put in. Oh, I have an air conditioner I can completely control as well.

[loveonaroll2]

Feb 5, 2023 21:02:47 GMT -5 Dr. BiPAP Sachin said:

Feb 4, 2023 14:56:08 GMT -5 mnquad07 said:

I use "Alexa" to control all of my television, satellite, etc.

It's pretty much the same with me. I got it with an Insignia Fire TV as an early birthday present from my brother. I also use Alexa to control my bedroom lights all with the commands of my voice. Assistive technology isn't just cool, in fact, in many respects it's essential to a number of us pwds and certainly gives that much-needed independence of environmental control of surroundings. I think eye tracking tech is one of those essential things, and I'm quite sure there's more such stuff out there that even I'm not aware of.

Agreed bud

[imupforanything]

New here and first post so figure I should contribute more than a short sentence or two!

I use an Alexa Fire TV in my bedroom but the rest of the house I use a Google Home in the kitchen, Google Mini's in each room, Chromecast on TVs, and two Nest Thermostats. I have a collection of smart switches as well. It gives me so more more control over my house than I had just a few years ago and I couldn't imagine not having them.

The biggest thing for me has been thermostats though, and ceiling fan control in my bedroom! I often can go from hot to cold and back in short time spans. It often kept me from falling back asleep as well. Best thing for me in a long time.

I have found a video doorbell and outside camera helpful too. If someone rings the doorbell it pops up on my tv and I can talk with them even from bed.

One other useful thing is the backdoor has a keypad that my caregivers and others use and they each get a unique code. So it texts me when they arrive and tells me who it is and that also keeps a log for me. I can manually lock and unlock the door as well.

I use various apps too like the Fire TV remote and the Google Remote for TVs / Audio.

I've built it up over the years and it's had a positive impact on my life as I do not look back fondly when I couldn't even turn a TV on, much less control the temperature.

[previousguest]

Homekit by far seems to work the most consistent for me. At present I use that and Alexa, the latter gives me all sorts of headaches.

I've got a mixture of smart plugs, switches, power boards and Homepods. Newer Tv is Homekit enabled too.