title: Design: a voice activated thermostat.
abstract: The voice activated thermostat was designed so the temperature in a house could be set without having to touch the thermostat. This is especially useful for a quadriplegic who would like to change the temperature of the room he is in. For simplicity, it was designed using VCP200 speaker-independent word recognizer chip. This chip comes pre-programmed with a limited number of words, so programming of words was not necessary. Every time the activation word is said the digital thermostat changes by one degree.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, N.D.S.U, Fargo 58105.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacobson
mesh_terms: D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011782:Quadriplegia; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D013696:Temperature; D014831:Voice