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Voice First Technology and Older Adults – Three Years Later

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The trumpets sounded loudly at the arrival of Voice First. The Future of Voice First and Older Adults was published in February of 2018. Has the future arrived for the technologists who invented Voice First and the broad market of consumers who bought and benefited, from the early days? What didn’t happen?

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Five interesting and useful technologies for older adults

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Flic Smart Buttons can now trigger Amazon Alexa commands. Speaking out loud to make your voice assistant turn off all lights, play your music, or start the heater in your car feels great initially. But the hundredth time you yell the same command, hoping to be understood correctly, it can start feeling repetitive. MoviWear. "

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Five new technologies for older adults -- 2023 wrap-up (1 of 2)

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Using specific visual and audio cues, NexStride allows the brain to switch from automatic commands to intention-based, or goal-oriented, commands." Learn more. category tags: caregivers , Home Care , senior living , AgeTech

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Asking Bing and ChatGPT about AI-enabled technologies to help older adults

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Sure, here are some more examples of AI-enabled portable devices and wearable intelligence for older adults: ElliQ: A voice-activated device that can provide social interaction, entertainment, reminders, and health tips 1. category tags: Generative AI , fall prevention, fall detection Do you have any questions about these devices?

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The User Experience Confounds Cooks, Drivers, and TV Viewers

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The reason there are eas(ier) to use TV remote control devices is a result of the evolution of complexity in the device, first invented by Robert Adler in 1956, introduced as Zenith’s Space Command. Voice control – does that fix everything?

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Voice First in Senior Living -- What's Happened and What's Next?

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So where does Voice First technology fit into the senior living equation? The newest of technologies – voice first – sparks interest. And new entrants are emerging to tackle Voice First in healthcare – see Suki’s recent raise of $20 million – perhaps hoping to beat Amazon to the behemoth’s own healthcare punch.

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Voice, Health, and Well-being – Launching a New Report for 2020

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It’s a given -- Voice First will be even more pervasive in 2020. The rapid growth of the market for voice-enabled technologies has been a phenomenon within the past two years that can understand spoken requests and commands, answer questions, and even offer scheduled alerts. Why tackle the topic of voice, health, and well-being?

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