Home alerting systems are a meaningful form of assistive technology for people with visual or hearing impairments; these devices can support individuals in living their best lives independently by providing alerting indicators of surroundings and potential dangers. If you’re investing in a home alerting system for yourself or a loved one, here are a few options to choose from:
Clarity AlertMaster The Clarity AlertMaster is designed to notify users of all the activity in their home, such as a knock at the door, the phone ringing, or even someone entering the home. This wireless design allows for coverage across the entire home, complete with 24-hour a day notifications. The AlertMaster is a great investment for anyone with a visual or hearing impairment.
MaxiAids All-In-One Alarm Clock This versatile alarm clock features a loud alarm, a bed shaker, and a doorbell signal. This wireless device can be used to connect to smoke alarms, fire alarms, and home security systems. MaxiAid’s All-In-One Alarm Clock is simple to use and contains a rechargeable battery designed as back-up during power shortages. This clock provides an added sense of security for all people with disabilities, especially those who live alone.
MaxiAids Wander Alarm MaxiAids’ Wander Alarm is a wireless motion sensing system that provides an alarm to indicate when someone is moving into or out of bed or approaching a window or doorway. This alarm is simple to install and use, and is designed to improve a sense of security for visually impaired users.
Mail Chime Mail Alert The Mail Chime Mail Alert is an alerting indicator designed to notify users that their mail has arrived. It contains an adjustable volume control and works with slot mailboxes, curb mailboxes, and adjustable mounted mailboxes. This investment keeps a visually impaired user from needing to make multiple trips outside to check the mail, instead alerting the user immediately upon arrival. This is especially useful in cold or icy climates where muttiple trips outside could present a safety hazard.
Frequently Asked Questions
Any tips for deciding which alerting system is right for me or my loved one? Home alerting systems meet a number of different specific needs, so selecting an impactful system will depend on your personal preferences, whether you live alone or with others, and the nature of your disability. Because these alerting indicators address different needs and issues, you may consider purchasing more than one.
Home alerts sound like a great form of assistive technology, but I’m not especially tech-savvy and I don’t want to deal with a complicated set-up. What suggestions do you have? While the thought of set-up may feel daunting when purchasing any high-tech alerting device, most are extremely simple to use and designed to be installed and used with minimal to no support.
I have been looking for something for literally years. And it would seem simple enough, but it’s not. I don’t think. I’m looking for a multi multi motion sensor system that can alert A single receiver/bass station, or preferably my iPhone/smart phone. But I would like the alerts to be customizable in plain English. Example: if someone triggered the sensor it it’s on the south side of my back garage or property… I would like something to go off on my smart phone that would simply alert me to say “motion detected on South area of back garage“. and, a long exact same concept, multiple sensors all of my property in my house they can do the same thing. Example: someone is leaving or coming through my front door… Just an alert on my phone and they could say “front door opened“. And of course, I would like to know when the windows open, and which windows being open… As well as possibly come out when someone is approaching my front door… And in addition to this, I would like to possibly be able to set a Home alarm, as well as a type of perimeter alarm. And I would also like to be able to pick and choose which sensors can trigger which alarms/or even security lights. or possibly, something more advanced, (not really though) which, instead of a siren, if someone triggered an alert and secured light, a voice from the speaker can come on out something like “warning, unauthorized area, 200 decimal siren or sound in less than 20 seconds“ if it were me, I wouldn’t stick around if I heard that plus a giant secured light was on me I have explain this concept to just about every blind friend I have, and every single one of them said YES! I think it would be great. Someone out there must have something, that would not be too expensive, to fulfill this need? If not, maybe you can put me in touch with a manufacturer, dealer, alarm company that would be willing to work with me on creating this? further, I’m sure we could get some financial relief for any blind person that needed this, simply by getting the mini mini blind organizations involved, probably simply to get their logo placed on a system like this. As well as, of course, the US government. And, of course, persons with no handicaps or disabilities, I’m sure, would enjoy a system like this very much as well. So please, I have a variety of dozens and dozens of pages of notes that I would like to share with anyone who wants to help me build a system like this. My name is [REMOVED], my home number is [REMOVED], or cell phone is [REMOVED] I thank you so much for reading this and I hope someone can make the time to contact me. Sincerely and kind regards.
AJ,
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