Hey guys, how's it going? It's Kevin
and today we're talking about making life
accessible through assistive technology
better known as smart home technology
Technology exists today to help you
control your environment
through mobile devices
like an iPhone or
through voice command like Alexa
We are going to look at
the planning stages
of setting up an accessible home environment
Joining me today is Jenna
Who is currently building an accessible home and looking to add smart home technology
to control her environment
We're building a Morton building home
which will be which will be great
for us because me being
a full time wheelchair user
it's built on a concrete slab
and so there'll be less having to make ramps
to get in and out
Kevin: Sure
we can start from scratch
rather than buying an
existing home and then trying
to make it wheelchair accessible
and sometime I think
it's just easier to get to
start from scratch and do it
the way you want it to be.
Kevin: Agreed
And we'd like to make me
as independent as possible
when I'm home alone my mom will be further away
from home when she's at work
so if I happen to be home alone it just little things
that smart home technology can offer may actually be a big
help to me to be as independent as possible.
Kevin: Sounds good.
Now you supplied me with a bit of a floor plan
here and looking through this what would
you say would be your main
access point to your home
how are you going to get into the house?
I'll be coming in through the garage.
Kevin: Okay
Jenna: for the most part.
I have my van set up for me to drive
so I will exit my van already be in my power chair and come in
through what we are calling the mud room utility room whatever right now
and so coming through there and into the kitchen from there.
Kevin: That make sense.
so entering the garage so we're going to have a garage door opener
and have you already thought through that process of how to get the garage door open.
Jenna: well for the most part I have a little remote that clips to my visor.
Kevin: Okay
Jenna: in my van so that's kind of what I'm looking at right now I guess I didn't.
Kevin: That makes a lot of sense.
Looking at your floor plan I see what you were talking about
where the garage door goes right into the mud room
and do you have a plan for that lock yet.
Jenna: Not so much that lock more I thought a whole lot more
about the front door lock than the garage.
. Kevin: Let's talk a little bit about your front door then
so you want to be able to potentially let visitors in and identify visitors
one potential way would be to have a video doorbell
which when they press the button would allow you to see
them through your mobile device and identify them
and then you would also have the ability to unlock the door for that individual if you.
Jenna: Pretty cool stuff.
Kevin: It really is. Do you think that's something you would utilize.
Jenna: I'm not sure if we'll go with that right off the bat that may be something
that we end up doing a little later on but for sure
I wanna go with a like a deadbolt lock that has a keypad on it.
Kevin: Yes
Jenna: Because I will have home health care staff coming in and out and having the code to get in
and out will be convenient because if I get a new aide somebody quits
something like that I can simply
change the code
Kevin: Right
Jenna: And so there's no worry of someone
having a spare key to my house
or anything like that
Kevin: Sounds good
When you enter from the garage you'll be entering
your mud room and then traveling through your kitchen into your living room.
Voice command or motion detection would certainly be a possibility
to allow your system to do something
that you wanted to do
for example when you arrive we could simply have you say alexa
turn on arriving and that could turn on
a multitude of lights or conditions that you would want to have
from the mud room to the kitchen to the living room
so that way you have a nice pathway lit already for yourself.
Jenna: That would be nice
Kevin: So
Jenna: Pretty cool
Kevin: As we think through this it could be either by voice command
or through motion detection or even both really.
Do you have maybe a preference right now of which way
you might be leaning
Jenna: Definitely voice command
but I may end up getting some sort of arrival sensor
I'm not a hundred percent
Kevin: Sure
Jenna: Decided on that part yet but I have looked into it just kind of checking it out
Kevin: And then I see in your bedroom you really have a closet a bathroom
and your bedroom all in your suite
Jenna: Right.
Kevin: And so there could be a morning and evening
type setting and then you could also control each one individually
As I look through this…. I actually don't know what I want to ask…
Let me think about this
You know as I look at this it really seems like it could be straight forward
I think ultimately what we need from the person building
your house is the number of lights that are going to be automatically installed.
Jenna: Right
Kevin: And where those light switches might be.
So you have two entry points into your kitchen
one for the living room one for the mud room
you'll likely have two light switches
I would think one possibility would be for us to put a smart switch
in that system so that way either your mobile device or alexa
can control it and typically in a kitchen beyond those entryway points
there are switches that are near the sink a lot of times
one for garbage disposal and one for a light over the sink
so that might be a separate one that we need to look at
For the mud room again you have the two entry points
I believe we'll be able to do it with just one smart switch
and not have to have two. And as long as these lights…
well let me think about this
As long as were not trying to dim them those lights can be anything
it can be a compact florescent or it could be an LED light.
For your living room you likely may have a ceiling fan
or may not I think that would be the only thing
Jenna: Most likely
Kevin: So with the ceiling fan you might be able to control each one
of either the fan or the light separately
depending on how there are wired
so I think from the builder we would just need to know what that's going to do
so we can plan accordingly in terms of our equipment.
In your bedroom I would imagine that you are going to have a light
for the closet a light for the bathroom and a light for your bedroom
Jenna: Right
Kevin: Which will control separately and as a group
In this office here that we're sitting we have the ability to control our lights individually
or as a group and it's really called setting a scene so that way you can control multitude
of elements all at once and so you can simply say
alexa turn on arriving or turn on getting up and that could control a whole suite
of things for you
For your heating and air conditioning I believe that you mentioned
that you are doing some kind of modular system.
What can you tell me about that
Jenna: Right. That actually has technology that it can be controlled via an app
Kevin: Fantastic
Jenna: on your phone though I think that I should be pretty good to go
with that. I should be able to do that there will be about three units
Kevin: Okay
Jenna: throughout the house. So I think that we'll be good to go on that
I was a little worried about that at first because it's something different.
Kevin: Right
Jenna: The idea of it reminds me of like a hotel room heating and cooling
Kevin: Sure
Jenna: mounted on the wall type of unit
so it'll be interesting to see how all that works
Kevin: Well that's important as you think about your ability to change your environment
of course lights are critical the temperature of your room is going to be critical
and you can control things as be mindful for a budget
since you are constructing a brand new house.
A phase to consider in the future would be blinds that allow you to open and close the
the vanes by voice command or remote control
So that has some real possibilities for the future also
Are there areas that we haven't talked about that you wanted to explore.
Jenna: I don't.. I don't know for sure off the top of my head
Let's see we talked about lighting and talked a little about plugs
Kevin: outside of smart technology how about accessibility for your appliances
Jenna: I'm not really for sure how that's going to yeah
Kevin: so that might be something that you might want to check with the builder in terms of
now there are smart appliances but they are very cost prohibitive right now
they're out there in price but in terms of like your stove and your range
having the controls forward can be very helpful
so double check to make sure that they are looking at something
that has that kind of accessibility
The other thing too that is really handy is that if you have the ability to do
the freezer that's low as opposed to a freezer that's high that can
add some more accessibility for your space
Jenna: Yeah I think we're going to do like a side by side.
Kevin: Perfect
Jenna: refrigerator freezer because that way I'm not having to lean forward to open the freezer
I can open one side or the other and I think that will be easiest for me right now
Kevin: Side by side works
Jenna: I've thought of a lot of different thing with the universal design
Kevin: Good
of it so it'll be as accessible as we can make it within the budget that we have.
Kevin: Right
You've talked about lowering the cabinets having a cutout for the sink area
those kinds of things.
Jenna: Um-hum
Kevin: Good
Well what we'll do next is just having this kind of understanding we'll provide a recommendation
of particular smart home items that may work well for you
and then we'll get together again and we'll present those to you
and then you can decide on which one you think will likely work and which ones
can be in another phase and then you'll go ahead and purchase them
and when the building is ready we'll come out and get those set up for you.
Jenna: Alright. That sounds exciting
Kevin: Any other questions or final thoughts
Jenna: Now that I've thought about it a bit
I guess we didn't really talk about like controlling the T.V.
Kevin: Ah Yes
Jenna: And stuff like that so particularly in my bedroom I would like to have that for
if I'm lying in bed at night and it would be easier for me to use a voice command then
Kevin: Right. So there are two ways that come to the top of my head
One system is the alexa fire stick which would allow you to stream your apps by voice command
or harmony which is a separate hub that controls a lot of the functions on your T.V.
and will incorporate into alexa so you can do voice command
so we'll provide some recommendations for that area too
Thank you for watching
I hope that you enjoyed this video on smart home technology controlling your environment
Leave me some comments below and let me know what type of environmental controls you would like us to talk more about
I'll see you in the next video
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