TY - GEN
T1 - Understanding the Potential of Home-Based Digital Voice Assistants for People with Disabilities
AU - Boyle, Bryan
AU - Loudoun, Fiona
AU - Ó'Brolcháin, Fiachra
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IOS Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/8/23
Y1 - 2023/8/23
N2 - As the numbers of people with disabilities actively using technology to support their day-to-day activities increases the benefits afforded by these technologies are ever more evident. Much of the technology used by people with disabilities is often characterised as Assistive Technology (AT) which is designed and developed to address the specific needs of people with disabilities. In contrast to AT which is focused on serving the needs of people with disabilities, consumer digital technology refers to those technologies that are developed for use by the general public. The aim of this study was to explore the assistive potential of a range of exemplar consumer digital technology, namely, digital voice assistants and internet of things. A qualitative study was conducted in the context of a field-trial of a range of digital consumer technologies which included a Digital Voice Assistant alongside voice-operated Internet of Things technologies.
AB - As the numbers of people with disabilities actively using technology to support their day-to-day activities increases the benefits afforded by these technologies are ever more evident. Much of the technology used by people with disabilities is often characterised as Assistive Technology (AT) which is designed and developed to address the specific needs of people with disabilities. In contrast to AT which is focused on serving the needs of people with disabilities, consumer digital technology refers to those technologies that are developed for use by the general public. The aim of this study was to explore the assistive potential of a range of exemplar consumer digital technology, namely, digital voice assistants and internet of things. A qualitative study was conducted in the context of a field-trial of a range of digital consumer technologies which included a Digital Voice Assistant alongside voice-operated Internet of Things technologies.
KW - Assistive Technology
KW - Consumer Technology
KW - Digital Voice Assistant
KW - Internet of Things
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85168818598
U2 - 10.3233/SHTI230626
DO - 10.3233/SHTI230626
M3 - Conference proceeding
C2 - 37638921
AN - SCOPUS:85168818598
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 241
EP - 248
BT - Assistive Technology
A2 - Archambault, Dominique
A2 - Kouroupetroglou, Georgios
PB - IOS Press BV
T2 - 17th International Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe, AAATE 2023
Y2 - 30 August 2023 through 1 September 2023
ER -