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  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,837 Views
21 Pages

Moodle LMS Integration with Amazon Alexa: A Practical Experience

  • Javier Ochoa-Orihuel,
  • Raúl Marticorena-Sánchez and
  • María Consuelo Sáiz-Manzanares

29 September 2020

The frequency of interaction between teachers and students through Learning Management Systems (LMSs) is continuously rising. However, recent studies highlight the challenges presented in current LMSs to meet the specific needs of the student, regard...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
11,288 Views
21 Pages

A Practical Experience on the Amazon Alexa Integration in Smart Offices

  • Răzvan Bogdan,
  • Alin Tatu,
  • Mihaela Marcella Crisan-Vida,
  • Mircea Popa and
  • Lăcrămioara Stoicu-Tivadar

22 January 2021

Smart offices are dynamically evolving spaces meant to enhance employees’ efficiency, but also to create a healthy and proactive working environment. In a competitive business world, the challenge of providing a balance between the efficiency a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,235 Views
10 Pages

Background: Loneliness in older adults is a critical issue that negatively affects their well-being. The potential of personal voice assistant (PVA) devices like Amazon’s Alexa Echo in reducing loneliness is an emerging area of interest, but it...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,350 Views
16 Pages

Multinomial Naive Bayesian Classifier Framework for Systematic Analysis of Smart IoT Devices

  • Keshav Kaushik,
  • Akashdeep Bhardwaj,
  • Susheela Dahiya,
  • Mashael S. Maashi,
  • Moteeb Al Moteri,
  • Mohammed Aljebreen and
  • Salil Bharany

27 September 2022

Businesses need to use sentiment analysis, powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning to forecast accurately whether or not consumers are satisfied with their offerings. This paper uses a deep learning model to analyze thousands of revie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,109 Views
14 Pages

Voice-Controlled and Wireless Solid Set Canopy Delivery (VCW-SSCD) System for Mist-Cooling

  • Yiannis Ampatzidis,
  • Josh Kiner,
  • Reza Abdolee and
  • Louise Ferguson

6 February 2018

California growers in the San Joaquin Valley believe that climate change will affect the pistachio yield dramatically. As the central valley fog disappears, insufficient dormant chill accumulation results in poor flowering synchrony, flower quality,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,482 Views
12 Pages

Voice controlled virtual assistants, delivered via consumer devices such as smart speakers and tablets, are being trialled by local authorities across England as a convenient and low-cost supplement or potential alternative to “traditional&rdqu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,458 Views
24 Pages

29 June 2023

Utilizing immersive technologies to reintroduce the environmental context (i.e., visual, auditory, and olfactory cues) in sensory testing has been one area of research for improving panelist engagement. The current study sought to understand whether...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,124 Views
14 Pages

Architecture to Design Booking Appointment Applications for the Smart Personal Assistant Alexa

  • Andrés Meza,
  • Gustavo López,
  • Luis Quesada and
  • Luis A. Guerrero

The intelligent smart assistants are becoming more interactive and helpful for everyday tasks. The Amazon Echo has potential for advanced voice interactions and as a tool for conducting complex tasks. The potential of the Amazon Echo in the area of b...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
48 Citations
16,265 Views
8 Pages

User Experience Comparison of Intelligent Personal Assistants: Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri and Cortana

  • Ana Berdasco,
  • Gustavo López,
  • Ignacio Diaz,
  • Luis Quesada and
  • Luis A. Guerrero

Natural user interfaces are becoming popular. One of the most common natural user interfaces nowadays are voice activated interfaces, particularly smart personal assistants such as Google Assistant, Alexa, Cortana, and Siri. This paper presents the r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
15,397 Views
23 Pages

A Smart Mirror for Emotion Monitoring in Home Environments

  • Simone Bianco,
  • Luigi Celona,
  • Gianluigi Ciocca,
  • Davide Marelli,
  • Paolo Napoletano,
  • Stefano Yu and
  • Raimondo Schettini

9 November 2021

Smart mirrors are devices that can display any kind of information and can interact with the user using touch and voice commands. Different kinds of smart mirrors exist: general purpose, medical, fashion, and other task specific ones. General purpose...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,879 Views
12 Pages

Internet-of-Things Devices in Support of the Development of Echoic Skills among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • Krzysztof J. Rechowicz,
  • John B. Shull,
  • Michelle M. Hascall,
  • Saikou Y. Diallo and
  • Kevin J. O’Brien

5 July 2021

A significant therapeutic challenge for people with disabilities is the development of verbal and echoic skills. Digital voice assistants (DVAs), such as Amazon’s Alexa, provide networked intelligence to billions of Internet-of-Things devices and hav...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,651 Views
10 Pages

Voice Assistants as Consultants for Male Patients with Sexual Dysfunction: A Reliable Option?

  • Luigi Napolitano,
  • Biagio Barone,
  • Lorenzo Spirito,
  • Francesco Trama,
  • Savio Domenico Pandolfo,
  • Marco Capece,
  • Esther García-Rojo,
  • Esaú Fernández-Pascual,
  • Felice Crocetto and
  • Celeste Manfredi
  • + 3 authors

The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of Google Assistant, Alexa, and Siri to recognize and answer questions about male sexual health. Each VA was tested on a smart speaker: Alexa on Amazon Echo Dot 4th Gen., Google Assistant on Google Ho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,581 Views
20 Pages

Development of a Linking System Between Vehicle’s Computer and Alexa Auto

  • Jaime Paúl Ayala Taco,
  • Kimberly Sharlenka Cerón,
  • Alfredo Leonel Bautista,
  • Alexander Ibarra Jácome and
  • Diego Arcos Avilés

The integration of intelligent voice-control systems represents a critical pathway for enhancing driver comfort and reducing cognitive distraction in modern vehicles. Currently, voice assistants capable of accessing real-time vehicular data (e.g., en...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
7,788 Views
14 Pages

30 July 2025

Due to technological advancements such as generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models, chatbots enable increasingly human-like, real-time conversations through text (e.g., OpenAI’s ChatGPT) and voice (e.g., Amazon’s...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,601 Views
8 Pages

20 May 2023

The popularity of voice-activated artificial intelligence (voice AI) has grown rapidly as people continue to use smart speakers such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home to support everyday tasks. However, little is known about how loneliness relates to v...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,266 Views
10 Pages

Smart Automation for Residential Spaces with PLC-ESP32 Architecture

  • María Daniela Villegas,
  • Edgar David Paredes,
  • José Alfredo Arévalo,
  • Angélica Quito Carrión,
  • Ronald Pillajo,
  • Alan Cuenca Sánchez and
  • Pablo Proaño

15 November 2025

This paper presents the design, development, and testing of a smart home automation system that integrates a Siemens LOGO! programmable logic controller (PLC) with an ESP32 microcontroller to enable dual-mode control—manual and voice-activated....

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,800 Views
18 Pages

2 October 2021

A lot of people have neuromuscular problems that affect their lives leading them to lose an important degree of autonomy in their daily activities. When their disabilities do not involve speech disorders, robotic wheelchairs with voice assistant tech...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
22,822 Views
22 Pages

Design and Implementation of a Real-Time Smart Home Management System Considering Energy Saving

  • Mahmoud H. Elkholy,
  • Tomonobu Senjyu,
  • Mohammed Elsayed Lotfy,
  • Abdelrahman Elgarhy,
  • Nehad S. Ali and
  • Tamer S. Gaafar

25 October 2022

One of the most challenging problems related to the operation of smart microgrids is the optimal home energy management scheme with multiple and conflicting objectives. Moreover, there is a noticeable increase in homes equipped with renewable energy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,721 Views
24 Pages

HF-SCA: Hands-Free Strong Customer Authentication Based on a Memory-Guided Attention Mechanisms

  • Cosimo Distante,
  • Laura Fineo,
  • Luca Mainetti,
  • Luigi Manco,
  • Benito Taccardi and
  • Roberto Vergallo

Strong customer authentication (SCA) is a requirement of the European Union Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2) which ensures that electronic payments are performed with multifactor authentication. While increasing the security of electronic...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,975 Views
20 Pages

Task Automation Intelligent Agents: A Review

  • Abdul Wali,
  • Saipunidzam Mahamad and
  • Suziah Sulaiman

As technological advancements increase exponentially, mobile phones become smarter with machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms. These advancements have allowed mobile phone users to perform most of their daily routine tasks on mobile...

  • Article
  • Open Access
95 Citations
10,396 Views
20 Pages

Malware Analysis in IoT & Android Systems with Defensive Mechanism

  • Chandra Shekhar Yadav,
  • Jagendra Singh,
  • Aruna Yadav,
  • Himansu Sekhar Pattanayak,
  • Ravindra Kumar,
  • Arfat Ahmad Khan,
  • Mohd Anul Haq,
  • Ahmed Alhussen and
  • Sultan Alharby

The Internet of Things (IoT) and the Android operating system have made cutting-edge technology accessible to the general public. These are affordable, easy-to-use, and open-source technology. Android devices connect to different IoT devices such as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,170 Views
15 Pages

Reducing Loneliness and Improving Social Support among Older Adults through Different Modalities of Personal Voice Assistants

  • Valerie K. Jones,
  • Changmin Yan,
  • Marcia Y. Shade,
  • Julie Blaskewicz Boron,
  • Zhengxu Yan,
  • Hyeon Jung Heselton,
  • Kate Johnson and
  • Victoria Dube

22 February 2024

This study examines the potential of AI-powered personal voice assistants (PVAs) in reducing loneliness and increasing social support among older adults. With the aging population rapidly expanding, innovative solutions are essential. Prior research...