# DESAMO: A Device for Elder-Friendly Smart Homes Powered by Embedded LLM with Audio Modality

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18918 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2508.18918/

## Key facts

- Cited by 3 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 26 Aug 2025.

## Built on by (most cited first, 3 of 3)

- [Analyzing Error Propagation in Korean Spoken QA with ASR-LLM Cascades](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.17443/) (2026)
- [CORTIS: Text-Only Adaptation of Spoken Language Models for Task-Oriented Voice Agents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2606.21453/) (2026)
- [From Acoustic Sensing to Physical Actions: A Comprehensive Survey of Security Risks in Edge-Deployed Audio LLM-Based Agents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.15390/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We present DESAMO, an on-device smart home system for elder-friendly use powered by Audio LLM, that supports natural and private interactions. While conventional voice assistants rely on ASR-based pipelines or ASR-LLM cascades, often struggling with the unclear speech common among elderly users and unable to handle non-speech audio, DESAMO leverages an Audio LLM to process raw audio input directly, enabling a robust understanding of user intent and critical events, such as falls or calls for help.