Voice Controlled Home Appliances: The use of Android Phone

Sonia Akhter, Md. Faisal Arif, Md. Nur-Amin, Nafiz Mustafiz, Roman Khan, Shah Waliullah and Khalid Hossain

Home automation is one of the major growing industries that can change the way people live. Some of these home automation systems target those seeking luxury and sophisticated home automation platforms; others target those with special needs like the elderly and the disabled. Typical wireless home automation system allows one to control house hold appliances from a centralized control unit which is wireless. These appliances usually have to be specially designed to be compatible with each other and with the control unit for most commercially available home automation systems. The developed system can be integrated as a single portable unit and allows one to wirelessly control lights, fans, air conditioners, television sets, security cameras, electronic doors, computer systems, audio/visual equipment’s etc.