The Voice Activated Television
Remote Control provides patients who are weak and immobile
at the Northeast Rehabilitation Health Network the
independence that they deserve. The approach that was used
in this project involved the development of an independent
speech recognition system that can communicate via RF to a
remote control which will operate a television; patients
would be able to say 5 basic television commands. The
following commands Power, Channel Up, Channel Down, Volume
Up, and Volume Down were converted to bits and transmitted
over a frequency of 433.92MHz. The results were rewarding
and now the nurses at the rehabilitation center can use the
extra time that they will have assisting others in need.
This is an excellent example of how electronic technology
can be used to improve the quality of health care.
