AWS IoT button as a Doorbell for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
- 1 minOne problem that hearing impaired people face on a regular basis is that if they are home alone and a visitor paves a visit to them, they are very often left unvisited.
We are probably less aware of it in our day-to-day lives than other disabilities. Many deaf people do not see themselves as disabled, but it is considered a disability under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – which sets out to promote greater corporate and public awareness to the needs of deaf people.
The idea is to use the AWS IoT button as a Doorbell when pressed sends SMS to the (Deaf) which is homeowner. Which is mean provides an alert for deaf people in the form of SMS notification.
1- connect an IoT button to the home WiFi:
2- Activate the AWS IoT button to your account
3- Setup IoT button to send text message
4- Create a Lambda function