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Summary

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Smart home assistants improve accessibility by offering natural, multimodal interaction with complex home ecosystems. User feedback indicates a positive reception, highlighting enhanced device interaction and ease of use for a better living environment.

Keywords:

accessibility conversational assistants multimodal interaction real scenarios sensors and devices smart homes

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Area of Science:

Human-Computer Interaction
Smart Home Technology
Ubiquitous Computing

Background:

Smart homes are increasingly complex, posing challenges to user accessibility and integration.
Home assistants offer a potential solution for simplifying interaction with smart home ecosystems.
The Smart Green Homes project aims to enhance environmental friendliness through accessible smart home technology.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate a highly integrated home assistant for smart homes.
To assess the potential of home assistants in improving smart home accessibility and user experience.
To demonstrate the contribution of accessible smart home technology to a better living environment.

Main Methods:

Development of a home assistant integrated with an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) home infrastructure.
Deployment of the home assistant in a demonstrator environment.
Evaluation of the home assistant with seventy users, collecting feedback on usability and overall impression.

Main Results:

61% of users rated the home assistant as good or excellent overall.
51% of users were likely or very likely to recommend the assistant.
Most users found the assistant enhanced interaction with smart home devices and was easy to use.

Conclusions:

Home assistants provide a suitable solution for enhancing smart home accessibility.
Natural, multimodal, and adaptive interaction through a home assistant improves the user experience.
The developed home assistant contributes to a more accessible and better living ambient for all inhabitants.