“Like another human being in the room”: a community case study of smart speakers to reduce loneliness in the oldest-old [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThis community case study examined the potential benefits of smart speakers to tackle loneliness in the oldest old adults living in supported accommodation. The program was established as a collaboration between the supported accommodation provider and a
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Data Privacy Concerns Using mHealth Apps and Smart Speakers: Comparative Interview Study Among Mature Adults [PDF]
JMIR Formative Research, 2022 BackgroundNew technologies such as mobile health (mHealth) apps and smart speakers make intensive use of sensitive personal data. Users are typically aware of this and express concerns about their data privacy.
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Voice-Assisted Technology for People With Parkinson's Disease Experiencing Speech and Voice Difficulties: Co-Designing Solutions Using Design Thinking [PDF]
JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive TechnologiesBackgroundWhile smart speakers are emerging as a novel health care technology, people with Parkinson's Disease (PwPD) and speech and language therapists (SaLTs) have reported difficulties using smart speakers with speech and voice
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Privacy and smart speakers: A multi-dimensional approach [PDF]
Information Society, 2021 Over the last few years, smart speakers such as Amazon Echo and Google Home have become increasingly present within British households.
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Speech Audiometry at Home: Automated Listening Tests via Smart Speakers With Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners [PDF]
Trends in Hearing, 2020 Speech audiometry in noise based on sentence tests is an important diagnostic tool to assess listeners’ speech recognition threshold (SRT), i.e., the signal-to-noise ratio corresponding to 50% intelligibility.
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Alexa, What classes do I have today? The use of Artificial Intelligence via Smart Speakers in Education [PDF]
Procedia Computer Science, 2020 Şerban Camelia
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Smart Speakers for Health and Well-Being of Older Adults: A Mixed-Methods Review [PDF]
Healthcare (Switzerland)Ladda Thiamwong +2 more
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Creating and Implementing a Smart Speaker
CoRR, 2021 We have seen significant advancements in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the 21st century. It has enabled a new technology where we can have a human-like conversation with the machines. The most significant use of this speech recognition and contextual understanding technology exists in the form of a Smart Speaker.
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The relevance of smart speakers is steadily increasing, allowing users perform several daily tasks. From a commercial perspective, smart speakers also provide recommendations of products and services that may influence the consumer decision-making ...
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MedienPädagogik: Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung, 2021 Digital assistants increasingly infiltrate the world of children. The way they function reminds us somewhat of playmates, nannies and tutors. So far, educators have only marginally dealt with this new media phenomenon, yet the use of smart speakers by ...
Michael Haas, Anna Keller
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