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Older adults need vendor empathy to attain digital literacy

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What’s new with iOS 16 on the iPad? But if iOS 16 was their first encounter with an iPhone or iPad, good luck. Google search reveals a number of YouTube videos on how to use the iPad, but none sanctioned by either AARP or Apple. category tags: Aging, ageism , AgeTech , smartphones , wearables, smartwatch , tablets.

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Ten apps to help those with hearing loss

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Chatable is available on both iOS (iPhone) and Android, works for many levels of hearing loss, and can be used without the need for a hearing test. Google Live Translate. Google offers two types of conversational translations: manual and automatic. category tags: hearing loss , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones.

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Voice-AI for Older Adults -- How has it helped and what's next?

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Like Apple’s Siri, the software’s understanding of requests was relatively weak (compared to Google Assistant , which emerged in 2018 on Android and iOS). Who knew that by 2019, Google Assistant would be available on more than 50,000 devices (i ncluding iPhones ), with 1 billion users and support for 44 languages on smartphones ?

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That time of year -- considering technology gifts for older adults

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A video might streamline these 22 steps to set up Google Home. While the Echo setup can be done from a browser on a device that has Wi-Fi, Google Home assumes a tablet or smartphone. category tags: cell phones, smartphones , IoT and home monitoring , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Consider the video for Amazon Echo setup.

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Eight Intriguing Offerings from the 2019 Voice Summit

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The second annual event was last week – and you would think incorrectly that at least one writer from a national news media outlet would written about it by now, especially with 5000 attendees, sponsorships from Amazon and Google, 150 exhibitors, and numerous aw ards. Learn more at SurveysByVoice. Witlingo Voice First for Healthcare.

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A new smartphone – life is too short to keep up with such ‘innovation’

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Think about this after you start your fifth update of iOS 13. Admittedly, it is still possible to screw up updating of smart speaker devices from the cloud, like the recent bricking of Apple Home Pod devices and Google Home products. category tags: smartphones, cell phones. Choose one).

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Did you miss one? Four Tech and Aging Blog Posts from February 2022

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Like Apple’s Siri, the software’s understanding of requests was relatively weak (compared to Google Assistant , which emerged in 2018 on Android and iOS). category tags: wearables, smart watch , AgeTech , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Television/Smart TV. Amazon’s Alexa service ran on multiple variants of cheap hardware.