Wednesday, April 2, 2014

What Consumers Should Know About Voice Activated Products For Seniors

By Erica Holms


Seniors who want to live alone must take steps to make sure they are safe and secure. Loved ones will often worry about the safety of someone who refuses to move into an assisted living facility. For those people who want freedom and peace of mind, there are a variety of voice activated products for seniors that will help. Caregivers can rest assured that the senior can get help quickly if there ever is an accident. These devices can all be activated by simple voice commands and do not require the user to struggle with tiny controls that are nearly impossible to manipulate. All it takes is a voice command and the device will do the rest automatically.

Many of the available senior products were created to help with communication. Seniors with arthritis may find it difficult to push the numbers keys on a standard telephone. A voice activated unit does not require the user to touch it at all. After the most used numbers are programmed into the phone, a simple voice command will prompt the phone to dial the number and make the call. There is no need to worry about remembering important numbers or reading them out of a phone book. A similar mechanism is used by specially designed answering machines. The user can tell the machine to store, delete or play messages on command. Most of these machines are also able to give the time when asked.

There are alarm clocks that work as voice activated products as well. It works just as well and the same as a regular alarm clock expect all the programming is done by talking to it. You do not have to fumble with tiny buttons to set the time you need because all you do is tell the clock what time you need the alarm set and it automatically sets it. Having products such as these readily at hand make it possible for seniors to live alone. Family members will not worry as much because they know they can use these products even in the event of a fall.

The benefits that come with using senior talking products are numerous. Many seniors hate the thought of becoming dependent on others but the most important thing to address is safety. Even in the event of a fall, someone with a voice activated phone can call for help quickly.

Senior aids offer peace of mind for everyone involved. Advancements in modern technology allow seniors to live alone without having to worry about safety.




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