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User-centered AI-based voice-assistants for safe mobility of older people in urban context

open access: yesAi & Society
Voice-assistants are becoming increasingly popular and can be deployed to offers a low-cost tool that can support and potentially reduce falls, injuries, and accidents faced by older people within the age of 65 and older.
Bokolo Anthony Jnr.
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Long-Term Effects of Perceived Friendship with Intelligent Voice Assistants on Usage Behavior, User Experience, and Social Perceptions

open access: yesDe Computis, 2023
Social patterns and roles can develop when users talk to intelligent voice assistants (IVAs) daily. The current study investigates whether users assign different roles to devices and how this affects their usage behavior, user experience, and social ...
Carolin Wienrich   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Engaging youth in post-disaster research: Lessons learned from a creative methods approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Children and youth often demonstrate resilience and capacity in the face of disasters. Yet, they are typically not given the opportunities to engage in youth-driven research and lack access to official channels through which to contribute their ...
Cox, Robin S   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

A Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perspectives and Preferences in Lupus Management to Guide Lupus Guidelines Development

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective A patient‐centered approach for chronic disease management, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), aligns treatment with patients’ values and preferences, leading to improved outcomes. This paper summarizes how patient experiences, perspectives, and priorities informed the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2024 Lupus Nephritis (LN)
Shivani Garg   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of accent and device usage on perceived credibility during interactions with voice-AI assistants

open access: yesFrontiers in Computer Science
Voice-AI assistants offer innovative ways for people to interact with technology, such as delivering search results through human-sounding voices. Unlike printed text, however, voices are associated with particular characteristics, such as accents, which
Anne Pycha, Georgia Zellou
doaj   +1 more source

Health and Fitness Apps for Hands-Free Voice-Activated Assistants: Content Analysis

open access: yesJMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2018
BackgroundHands-free voice-activated assistants and their associated devices have recently gained popularity with the release of commercial products, including Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. Voice-activated assistants have many potential use cases in
Chung, Arlene E   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Practical Experience on the Amazon Alexa Integration in Smart Offices

open access: yesSensors, 2021
Smart offices are dynamically evolving spaces meant to enhance employees’ efficiency, but also to create a healthy and proactive working environment.
Răzvan Bogdan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Voice assistant

open access: yes, 2020
Everyday devices become smarter. Thanks to software agent which is called an intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) or intelligent personal assistant we can use our appliances in full. Nowadays there are more than 30 different IVA, but all of them have differences. Popular voice assistants currently include Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, Google Now, Google
Osipova, M., Mulina, Nataliia Ihorivna
openaire   +1 more source

A Review of Subjective Scales Measuring the User Experience of Voice Assistants

open access: yesIEEE Access
The use of Voice Assistants (VA) in both commercial and personal contexts has experienced significant growth, emphasizing the importance of assessing their user experience (UX) for long-term viability.
Lawal Ibrahim Dutsinma Faruk   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Participatory action research, sacred existential epistemology, the eighth moment of qualitative research and beyond… [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
[Abstract]: This paper discusses how, in a doctoral study, a collaborative methodology employing Participatory Action Research was embraced, upholding respectful relationships and partnerships that generated co-construction of change in two preschool ...
Hawkins, Karen
core  

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