This paper presents a computer application that helps people with hearing or speech difficulties to use a telephone. The TSAD (telephone system aid for the deaf) is a system aimed at providing such individuals with a telephone solution. The objective is far from obliterating the existing options, but rather to compliment on the up take for those instances when the telephone becomes the most app...

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Energy management is important not only for the homes, but also for the energy providers. With the everincreasing broadband penetration it becomes possible the information exchange between the energy provider and customer, and a smart home management system. In this paper, we present a practical smart home system that serves as platform for efficient metering and communication within the househ...

Energy management is important not only for the homes, but also for the energy providers. With the ever-increasing broadband penetration it becomes possible the information exchange between the energy provider and customer, and a smart home management system. In this paper, we present a practical smart home system that serves as platform for efficient metering and communication within the house...