"Talking House" lets physically handicapped and elderly stay in own homes and costs same as 1-2 months in assisted care facility.
Corpier Consulting Services of Sedalia Missouri today released a new product, a voice controlled home assistant for the Physically disabled and Elderly. The system allows people to continue to live in their own homes instead of moving to assisted living facilities.
Voice controlled assistive technology system released to help people with disabilities
Sedalia MO (PRWEB) June 4, 2003 -- Corpier Consulting Services of Sedalia MO, today released a new Voice controlled assistive technology product to help people with disabilities by providing home automation, monitoring, security and reminder functions. The product uses advanced artificial intelligence technology to provide a virtual assistant that can carry on a conversation with the homes occupants. This same technology allows the system to retrieve and monitor news, weather and television information from the internet and present it to the user verbally. An enhancement option allows the system to do internet searches for information when asked a question it does not know the answer to.
The system was originally developed for a client Don Holbert, who is physically handicapped and needed some way to stay in his own home independently after his wife passed away. She had always done the little things" around their home, like turning on and off ceiling fans and lights, opening and closing the drapes and blinds, going to the door when someone came, reminding him to take medications and other appointments, being there to call for help if he needed it, and hundreds of other things we all take for granted. Don named the system Ralph" after a friend, and the name has stuck, the product is called Ralph" – which stands for Real Assistive Living for the Physically Handicapped".
Greg Corpier, the system creator sums up the product: The system has been in operation in the clients home for over 2 years and has proven to be so successful we have decided to make it available to others who can benefit from its use". The system costs from $3500 to $6000 depending on options and specific needs of each client.
Don says of the system: I would have had to either sell my home and move to an assisted care facility or pay someone to move in with me, and Im to darn independent to do either of those things, Ralph has been a blessing to me and let me stay in my own home and live like I want to." Mr Holbert says the system can help anyone with physical handicaps, but can also allow the elderly to stay in their own homes. A lot of people end up going to a nursing home because they forget to take their medicine or need someone to watch out for them in case they fall or need help, and Ralph can do those things in their own home for a lot less money than an assistive care facility costs."
The system is designed to be as non-invasive as possible with the installation of the system by a typical do-it-yourselfer in approximately 3-4 hours. The system makes extensive usage of wireless technology to make installation as simple as possible and not requiring the services of an electrician
Corpier Consulting Services has provided technology solutions to individuals, small and medium sized businesses for over 20 years. The company focuses on ways to improve the quality of life through assistive technologies as well as general purpose computing solutions.
Contact Information
Corpier Consulting Services
419 E.Jackson
Sedalia MO 65301-3353
Phone (660) 826-2075
fax (660) 829-2249
http://www.corpierconsulting.com/don
email: info@corpierconsulting.com
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