Needed Devices for Medical SmartHome

[JDRoberts]

BTW, I just today added totally hands free voice control from an iOS 8 iPhone with Siri for anything that’s controllable through the IFTTT SmartThings channel. If the client already has an an iPhone with iOS 8 Siri and unlimited SMS text messaging, there is no additional cost or custom code needed to add this.

Voice Control Using Siri and IFTTT (not using HomeKit, just voice text)

It works! It works great! Totally handsfree voice control. I had briefly looked into IFTTT before, but dismissed it as an option because I thought it was too limited. As mentioned before, I love my ipad, but didn’t have any smartphone as physically they were too hard for me to use. (I’m quadriparetic with limited hand function.) But @Will_Poirier brilliantly noticed that you can use one SMS message to IFTTT to trigger multiple SmartThings channel requests. And with iOS 8 and handsfree Hey Siri I can now do everything handsfree. No custom code, just the simple IFTTT rules engine. As for hardware and costs…if you already have an iPhone and unlimited text, this adds zero cost. I had messaging for my iPad 2, the one on my wheelchair, but no Siri. Coincidentally, I got an ATT mark…