Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
26 results found tagged smart home.
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Verification of Daily Activities of Older Adults: A Simple, Non-Intrusive, Low-Cost Approach
This paper presents a sensor-based approach to verifying whether older adults perform their daily activities at home, with the goal of supporting aging in place and informing caregiver decisions. The key conceptual distinction is between activity ver…
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Disability, Age, and Informational Privacy Attitudes in Quality of Life Technology Applications: Results from a National Web Survey
This landmark study examines privacy attitudes toward assistive and health monitoring technologies among 1,518 U.S. adults, focusing on how disability and age influence willingness to share personal health information. Conducted under the NSF Quality…
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Evaluation of a Context-Aware Voice Interface for Ambient Assisted Living: Qualitative User Study vs. Quantitative System Evaluation
This study evaluates Sweet-Home, a voice-controlled smart home system designed to help older adults and people with visual impairments maintain independence at home. The research was conducted in a realistic 30-square-meter smart apartment (Domus) eq…
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Speech Interaction with Personal Assistive Robots Supporting Aging at Home for Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease
This study examines speech-based interaction between older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and a mobile assistive robot called ED, designed to help with activities of daily living. The research addresses a critical healthcare challenge: many nat…
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Accessible Technology for Adults with Down Syndrome: A Scoping Review
This scoping review synthesizes 20 peer-reviewed publications examining digital technologies designed and used by adults with Down syndrome (AwDS), defined as individuals aged 18 and older. The authors followed PRISMA-ScR guidelines, searching six ac…
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A Unifying Notification System To Scale Up Assistive Services
This paper addresses a fundamental scalability problem in assistive technology for older adults: the "silo-based" approach where each assistive service (pill reminders, door monitors, activity trackers) implements its own notification system. When ol…
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A System for Controlling Assisted Living Environments Using Mobile Devices
This paper presents EasyHouse, a smartphone-based home automation system designed to be accessible for people with motor disabilities while remaining usable by all family members. The system addresses a gap in the smart home market: most domotic (hom…
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Home Automation for an Independent Living: Investigating the Needs of Visually Impaired People
This paper investigates the habits, expectations, and unmet needs of visually impaired people regarding home automation and remote control systems through an online survey of 42 participants (32 totally blind, 10 low vision; ages 18-70+; 64.3% male) …
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Action Blocks: Making Mobile Technology Accessible for People with Cognitive Disabilities
This demonstration paper presents Action Blocks, a Google Android application designed to make mobile technology accessible to people with cognitive disabilities. The core problem the paper addresses is that modern smartphones require complex multi-s…
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Action Blocks: Making Mobile Technology Accessible for People with Cognitive Disabilities
This demonstration paper presents Action Blocks, an Android application developed by Google that simplifies mobile device interactions for people with cognitive disabilities. The app allows users or their caregivers to create customizable one-tap but…