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Welcome to the revolution (in AT) How our smartphones, tablets and virtual assistants are facilitating safety and independence.
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At the end of this session participants will be able to describe how Jim’s Place can be utilized as a resource to assist with clients occupational participation and independence.
At the end of this session participants will be able to demonstrate the ability to search St Ambrose’s web site to access apps for using IPads and smartphones to increase independence and functioning .
At the end of this session participants will be able to describe the pros and cons of various voice interaction systems and equipment (Dragon, Google, Echo, Siri and microphone selection (Dragon Systems ) to facilitate independence.
At the end of this session participants will be able to describe the accessibility features that many smart phones can provide their clients to increase environmental control and communication skills.
Main Objectives
What: Jim’s Place
Named in honor of Jim O’Rourke
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A solution center using AT
I prefer problem based inquires
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QR of Jim’s Place
or Google;
Jim’s Placeat SAU
2126 Brown Street Davenport Iowa
(Google map on our web page at Jim’s Place)
By appointment only (not staffed 24/7)
NO COST (Not free)
St Ambrose and service to our community
Call Rhonda Lane for an appointment 563‐333‐6277
Or Contact me at 563‐333‐6351
Where and When and How
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Cost of Iowa Nursing home in 2013 $64K
Week ? $1230 DAY: $175.72
Cost of a ceiling track system (4 weeks)
CDC/NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
weight limit recommendations are now 35#
Cost of a bidet: HomeTech Industries HI‐6000BC Feel Fresh Bidet Toilet Seat (washes and dries) (2.3 days)
Family depression rate and risk vs. empowerment
Occupations can open many doors…
Why AT and how I frame it
We must improve our tech savviness if we are going to assist our clients and their families.
We have so many tools available today it’s more about picking the right tool.
Empower yourself!
Asked to talk about empowerment
You know what skills your clients have, and what skills are lacking.
Your task is to find the equipment that can substitute for the lost skills so they can still be functional.
System by System approach to AT
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Welcome to the revolution (in AT)
because…
20 years ago proprietary and
dedicated equipment ruled
(tobii, dynovox, SIcare, Tash, etc)
Today computers smaller, cheaper, yet powerful
Integrated systems that work well with each other (Bluetooth 4.0) standard across platforms
Smart TV systems that are (will be) interconnected
Smart Phones
New Apps by the hour…
Turmoil in AV and IT industry
1st ECU had to press a switch 9 timesto dial the number 9
Still a place for some of these dinosaurs;such as the eye tracking Tobii‐Dynovox I15, … $23K ++
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ECU System (PC based)
Controls TVs, CBL,DVD, Phones, & appliances Part of our loaning library
What can take it’s place
Galaxy S6 Iphone
Total hands Free Needs a button pushed (Phone and Texting) or Bluetooth headset
(Can work around if powered )
Has an IR Blaster No IR
Wireless Charging No
Has Gear VR No system
( Other than Google cardboard)
Note: Options and designs always in flux
Choose the right smartphone!
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New phones require lots of power, often!
Wireless charging.. Galaxy (not IPhone yet)
Wheelchair attachments (power from the WC)
Cripple concepts Power‐Buddy‐Wheelchair
A phone without power is a coasterAn IPad without power is a cheese tray
Apps for empowerment
Check out the St Ambrose OT/AT Facebook site for list of apps.
Voice control: Galaxy S‐voice (hands free dialing, texting)
Nuance/Dragon/Siri/ OK Google
Fade: (fall reminder)
Insteon hub (home automation)
IP Camera (telepresence)
Oculus (VR GEAR) (more on this later)
Google Keyboard app
Of wait, more apps available now…
Even more…
Sample of Apps
Change is very obvious (some of my clients ECUs have been replaced by apps on smart phones)
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Insteon hub Fade: Fall Detector
Holding the phone or tablet:
Many hands free holders are easily converted
for WC phone holders.
Ram Motorcycle
Mount for phones
IPad / phone holder Rubber band works too…
Be wary of long goosenecks or long loc‐line
Phone requirements/problems
Voice control has finally arrived. (At least as good as what was pictured in
the 1st Star Trek series.)
Keyword was “Computer” Reply was “Working” click, click buzz…
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Amazon Echo and Dot
Insteon hub (controlled by Echo)
Read any Kindle, Play any Amazon Music ??
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A cloud based system so you have to be “connected”.
Wake by stating not “Computer” but “Alexia” (or Amazon)
No voice training (does have, but I have never used it)
Echo platform is growing almost daily with "skills"
Home control, TV, alarms, timers, shopping, schedule, paging a phone (not dialing, yet)
Echo can be the device generating the "noise" and yet can still "hear your voice" (my guess is destructive interference, the physics that powers noise cancelling headsets ???)
(Echo has multi‐microphones)
Echo and the cloud (Alexia)
Many good smartphones have an Infrared blaster to provide TV/AV control (Galaxy YES!... IPhone NO!)
Echo and your phone also has Bluetooth
Anymote is built to use both the phone and/or your Echo
Can only 1.25 million devices
Can be placed to control many devices!
Controlling a Smartphone with Echo
Echo can recognize an “Anymote” command and send it through your smart phone IR port or use the Anymotedevice to flood an entire room with IR signals so one can control multi‐devices.
Example: “Alexia, tell anymote to power on my Coby”
Echo recognizes it’s name
Looks to see that device is enabled
Bluetooth command to the smart phone
Smart phone (or Ipad) sends IR message to the anymote remote
Voice control of a TV (and others)
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Will play any music in your Amazon music library (Bluetooth Speakers)
Will stream Amazon prime music
Will “read” any kindle book (free) or Amazon Audible (not free)
Shopping list or to do list
Page a phone
Organizing/Calendar
Podcasts and radio
Cooking (how to and timers)
Appliance control (lights, fan, call lights)
Echo $180, Dot $89 (Echo: 1 day in a nursing home Dot: 12 Hours)
Other Echo Skills
Nuance (Dragon, Siri, On‐star) OK google, S‐voice
Dragon still the best to write a book but you will need a quiet room and a consistent microphone input. (powerful computer and a newer version of Dragon)
Free Dragon for I pad works well as does the driving assistant for Galaxy phones (S voice) (I‐phones too, I guess)
Background noise still a problem but less that it has been.
Noise vs. Voice is the key (Noise cancelling USB microphone helps)
Voice Control; How good; What can it do, Limitations
Amazon Echo (right off the shelf) works with IPads, smart phones and home control systems and is a great example of integration of systems.
Many choices for assistive equipment for the home today.
(Control4, Crestron, AMX, BitWise, RTI, Savant, Elang!, Total Control and a few others). HINT choose a system that plays well with others.
Dish network is a system that does not allow for integration with other systems, uses radio waves, not IR for control in systems such as the Hopper/Joey systems. (be careful)
Nothing on the market today can provide adaptive control.
Today: Integration of systems is the key
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Tobii‐Dynavox
Needs a good set‐up and constant distance to work
PC EYE $4K (eye mouse) need computer skills
I15 23$ (Total eye system) no prior skills needed
Less fatiguing than head control, can be more frustrating
Does not work as well with eye glasses or if light is reflected off the glasses
Eye Tracking systems
Head movement control
SmartNav ($500) Eviacam (free)
Head tracking (head movement control)
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Common request
Most need fine motor control
Voice control is not the way!
Navtracker IR
Evicam (free head tracker)
Eye tracking systems (Tobii) $$$
(and quasi‐functional)
VR (available today and growing)
Games (Occupation vs. Vocation)
VR Gear (Galaxy YES!... IPhone NO!)
Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR and the HTC Vive
Social experiences
Escape or have an; “Out of wheel chair experience”
Uses head movements and gross motor for control
(some have controllers that require fine motor))
VR the dawn of new technology
Apps: Ustream, Livestream, Periscope, Meerkat, YouNow (smartphone)
IP Cameras: (no phones)
Others (Ring, Baby Cams)
Safety &Convenience
Who's at the door, Daily Vids
Multi ‐ cameras
Social
Has two way audio
Schools
Telepresence or “distance being there”
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35 Yr. male (High SCI) Sip/puff
Met at Genesis rehab
Recovery to C5‐6 on RUE only
Followed for approx. 6 years
My ECU for 5 years
Galaxy 5 with a rubber band and powered by the wheel chair
Case Study: David
Not a static field
AOTA , MS, Apps
Mainstream not Medical Equipment
Grow your own ………..
Closing
If you try the Gear VR , Please be seated
If you have clients please let them know or contact me
Questions or Experience