Ch14: Electronic Aids to Daily Living

Question 1

Alternative

Answer 1

A different way of accomplishing the same task

Question 2

Augmentative

Answer 2

Supplementation, by a device, of existing capabilities to support doing an activity in the manner in which it is typically done

Question 3

Continuous Control

Answer 3

A type of control function used with electronic aids to daily living that results in successively greater or smaller degrees of output (ex. closing the blinds, dimming the lights)

Question 4

Discrete Control

Answer 4

• A type of control function used with electronic aids to daily living in which each event requires a specific entry.
• Each selection produces a different result (ex. on/off, open/closed)

Question 5

Electrically Powered Page Turners

Answer 5

Devices that hold a book or other reading material and mechanically turn the pages when a switch or switches are pressed by the user

Question 6

Electronic Aid to Daily Living

Answer 6

Device that allows control of appliances (e.g., radio, television, CD player, telephone) through the use of one or more switches

Question 7

Infrared Light Transmission

Answer 7

Energy transmission in the region of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum at wavelengths longer than those of visible light, but shorter than those of radio waves

Question 8

Internet of Things (IoT)

Answer 8

Network that connects devices (e.g., vehicles, home appliances) allowing them to interact, exchange data, and be controlled from a central point

Question 9

Latched Control

Answer 9

A control interface that is turned on by the first activation and off by the next activation

Question 10

Momentary Control

Answer 10

An interface that controls a device or produces an action only for the length of time it is activated

Question 11

Mouth Sticks

Answer 11

Devices that are held in the teeth and are used for direct manipulation

Question 12

Programmable Controllers

Answer 12

An electronic aid to daily living approach that is based on the storage of user-selected codes that are appropriate to a wide range of appliances; entering the correct code into the controller allows control of the appliance by the user

Question 13

Radio Frequency Transmission

Answer 13

Energy transmission in the region of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum at wavelengths longer than infrared, but shorter than those of audio waves

Question 14

Remote Control

Answer 14

Small, usually hand-held, electronic device for controlling another device. Remote controls can connect to the controlled device by wires or wirelessly (e.g., using infrared or radio frequency transmission)

Question 15

Trainable Controllers

Answer 15

Devices that provide functions of electronic aids to daily living by storing the control code for any specific appliance function

Question 16

Universal Remote

Answer 16

A remote control that is designed to operate multiple devices; may be trainable or programmable