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Bowden Wise wrote:
>
> I am recently deaf and am looking into getting my
> house wired in such a way that the lights will flash
> when the doorbell, phone, fire alarm, baby monitor,
> etc goes off.
>
> I know about the transmitter/receivers you can buy
> that detect sounds but I want something more permanently
> wired into the house. Turns out our house has lighting
> control panels which can turn on/off any light in the
> house. So I was thinking maybe it would be possible to
> tap into that wiring to make lights go on and off by
> integrating some sensors?
>
> Anyone have any thoughts? Know if its possible? Where
> should I look for more?
>
> Call an electrician that does custom wiring?

Hi Bowden,

There was a recent thread here concerning this same subject.  There are
several companies that make doorbell and telephone line interfaces to flash
either an existing light (usually via X10 or an RF transmitter / receiver
pair) or a dedicated strobe.

Fire alarm systems should incorporate an ADA approved strobe or combined
horn-strobe warning device. I sell these in my online store at
http://www.bass-home.com.

Baby monitors can be simple audio intercoms or video camera types.  Both are
usually tripped by an audio threshold sensor which picks up any noise, such
as crying sounds.  You could use an audio sensor to trip a zone on an alarm
or automation system whenever the baby cries.

Following is a list of links to assistive technology and related service
sites. Some of these are commercial enterprises and others are school or
government pages. Hope it helps.

http://www.globalassistive.com/
http://www.zak.co.il//deaf-l_faq/assistive.html
http://showcase.netins.net/web/atforum/webres2.html
http://www.americanschdeaf.org/v_i/resourc.htm
http://www.clearyschool.org/resources.htm
http://www.deafactioncentertexas.org/
http://users.ids.net/~rideaf/front/front.htm
http://www.matp.org/r_and_r/knwrghts.html
http://showcase.netins.net/web/atforum/
http://www.hitec.com/

Regards,
Robert L Bass

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