Title
Evaluation of a Context-Aware Voice Interface for Ambient Assisted Living: Qualitative User Study vs. Quantitative System Evaluation
Abstract
This article presents an experiment with seniors and people with visual impairment in a voice-controlled smart home using the Sweet-Home system. The experiment shows some weaknesses in automatic speech recognition that must be addressed, as well as the need for better adaptation to the user and the environment. Users were disturbed by the rigid structure of the grammar and were eager to adapt it to their own preferences. Surprisingly, while no humanoid aspect was introduced in the system, the senior participants were inclined to embody the system. Despite these aspects to improve, the system has been favorably assessed as diminishing most participant fears related to the loss of autonomy.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1145/2738047
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Assistive technology,voice command,smart home,context-aware interaction,ambient intelligence,user evaluation
Information system,Visual impairment,Ambient intelligence,Computer science,Autonomy,System evaluation,Home automation,Grammar,Human–computer interaction,Multimedia
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
7
Issue-in-Progress
1936-7228
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
15
0.69
37
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michel Vacher144430.98
Sybille Caffiau2739.64
F Portet350746.23
Brigitte Meillon41257.33
Camille Roux51014.93
Elena Elias6241.73
benjamin lecouteux719228.68
Pedro Chahuara81056.66