Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Voice technology in 2022 – living up to hope and hype? By 2018, it seemed possible that Voice First technology (and its associated AI software) could transform the technology user experience for older adults (see report: The Future of Voice First Technology and Older Adults 2018 ). In the the next wave, let’s call it Voice 2.0

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Smart displays and interfaces will be ubiquitous. For older adults, touchless technologies and voice-enabled interactions are ideal, especially when accompanied by a display of large font text and engaging how-to-cook videos. category tags: AgeTech , AI and machine learning , home health care , IoT and home monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Studying the screen plus button choices on a new Microwave, one wonders who tested this interface? Or is the convention of poor design so inherent in microwave, oven, and washing machine interfaces , that a ‘cockpit’ design is expected (both by the vendor and the user). Consider the user interface of televisions.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

One might well argue that Amazon has and will continue to have a major impact on the quality of life for older adults (assuming senior privacy concerns and technology barriers to adoption are overcome – more on that another time): Offered low-price Voice First devices. Created the Echo Show – with its remarkable user interface.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

The entrants that can help older adults fit into categories like: Smart displays, voice first interfaces will be ubiquitous. For older adults, touchless technology and voice-enabled interactions are ideal, especially when accompanied by a display of large font text and engaging videos. It’s not just seniors who need help.

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MAY 10, 2023

This cycle was not helped by the behavior of earlier AI technologies like voice assistants. Lack of interfaces to senior and health care systems. The conversational (and voice-enabled) nature of AI can make scams more prevalent. These include: Ethical dilemmas. Escalating the risk of older adult scams.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The user interface in the past was cumbersome and slow, and it required significant motivation and training depth, only available to the most determined end users. The user interface on smartphones and tablets has become more intuitive and voice-enabled – reducing the skill required to access technology.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

Smart displays and voice-first interfaces will be ubiquitous. Smart home or health technologies that leverage touchless technology and voice-enabled interactions (e.g.Alexa Together or Google Home) improves the in-home care experience, not just for older adults, but also for those who care for them. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 27, 2023

AI will likely be part of the next generation of user interfaces for all types of interactions – including health questions. Remember when voice first technology became ‘voice’. Older adults may be less embarrassed talking to a chatbot about tech uncertainty than calling up their long-distance grandson.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Smart displays and voice first interfaces will be ubiquitous. For older adults, touchless technology and voice-enabled interactions are ideal, especially when accompanied by a display of large font text and engaging how-to-cook videos. Voice interfaces will be expected in smart displays and apps.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Is the healthcare consumer ready for voice assistants? Voice First technology – the ability to use natural language to speak to and be spoken to by devices and software – has become at least one mandatory user interface in every business and consumer interaction. Joseph Health has an Alexa skill to book same day appointments.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

The 2023 versions of voice-first interfaces on smart speakers are no longer ground-breaking – 35% of Americans now own one. Voice assistants and hearing aids. Sixty-two percent of US adults as of January 2023 are using voice assistants on any device (including in-car, in-ear, at-drive-thru). Health and wellness.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

While smart speakers and voice assistants have improved ease of use and seamless upgrades, both depend on broadband to work properly. A popular engagement tool like Zoom have a less than intuitive user interface for the uninitiated, prompting a 9-page guide from Senior Planet , as well as senior living organizations providing a Zoom guide.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Personalized interfaces (like Amazon and Netflix) updated in the cloud, are expected. Amazon launched a similar initiative for voice offerings like smart speakers and voice assistants. Seniors and their adult children may not imagine on their own what to do with tiny sensor networks, voice assistants, or smart speakers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The product name choice was outstanding, even inspired, suggesting that using Alexa – a popular voice interface, made it possible to connect family members and to be aware of issues they might have when home alone. category tags: Voice/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Voice first technology – it’s everywhere and in everything. In 2019, Voice First represented a category of technologies like smart speakers and voice assistants. Add integration with voice capabilities like Siri, Google Assistant, and Alexa and the ability to stream audio content directly to in-ear devices.

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MARCH 17, 2022

Ava uses captions to live transcribe voice to text to provide accessibility for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing (HoH). R eproduces the voice of the person talking to you during one-to-one conversations, but louder and clearer, while simultaneously reducing background noise, such as music, hubbub, reverberation, and other sounds.

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JULY 24, 2019

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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

Also by 2018, v oice first technology presented a major user interface breakthrough for older adults. And by 2022, multiple wall-mounted, room-based fall detection devices were available in smart homes , accessible by voice. category tags: Mobile PERS , fall prevention, fall detection , Remote monitoring , AI and machine learning

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 13, 2023

Care status offered in multiple interface options? category tags: tech-enabled home care , Home Care , AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , AgeTech It depends on where one stands as to whether those predictions came to pass. But data about care recipient being used in the next stage of care?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 18, 2018

Voice First is changing health and wellness offerings today. Already the predicted capability to speak a request or instruction without having to type or tap on a device – known as Voice First – has transformed how we interact with technology. Healthcare systems offer voice-enabled interfaces – as experiments.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 10, 2019

AI capabilities combined with a Voice First interface is increasingly expected – and so they are part of new offerings to help older adults, bothliving at home or in senior living communities. HandsFree Health's WellBe, is a secure, HIPAA compliant in-home voice-activated device that speaks when spoken to.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Independa. "T he Independa Health Hub enables LG smart TVs to offer an intuitive interface for users to initiate a video chat with a caregiver or access a menu of relevant professional services. category tags: Television/Smart TV , computers, broadband, and social networking. Learn more at Caavo. Learn more at UniperCare. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 2, 2020

category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health , senior living , social isolation , SNF. Imagine a year from now – what’s changed in tech importance? 5) Changes may also impact staffing and make the care delivery structure in all settings more efficient – as it could long have been -- but no need until now.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 29, 2018

That blueprint depends on the enthusiasm and foresight of innovators and leaders of technology companies that focus on the boomer-senior market, increasingly offering Voice First interfaces to new capabilities. Voice First. Voice First. Voice First. Learn more at UnaliWear. Learn more at LifePod. MyNotifi. "A

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Who is NOT going to enable a voice first interface? category tags: Voice First/AI technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors. Whew, that's a relief. That answer is simple. If the slow-to-change senior living industry sees the opportunity to improve service and operations, what is NOT possible?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Many of the offerings now include voice interfaces and some have introduced AI features to collect behavior data about the wearer which Gartner refers to a category adjacent to Internet of Things (IoT) which it calls the Internet of Behavior (IoB). category tags: wearables, smart watch , digital health , games, fun and fitness.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

But what if it is a device that should fit into a Wi-Fi home network with other devices, a printer, a few voice devices, and maybe a camera? Personalized interfaces (like Amazon and Netflix) updated in the cloud, are increasingly expected. category tags: CES 2022 , smartphones , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 23, 2018

They include: Adaptive user interface. Says Lyn Jeffery (at Institute for the Future ): 'We will expect to be able to take a photo of a menu and have it read out loud or leave voice messages that turn into Instant Messages for your daughter.'. User Interfaces. Multi-modal : Voice, touch, gesture, speech-to-text, text-to-speech.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 18, 2020

easy to use TV, remote control and smart speaker interface designed exclusively for seniors 75+ is now extended to the smart phones." category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , computers, internet and social networking. This further enables seniors to be independent, connected and safe in and outside their homes. NurseCaller.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2020

Despite the user interface complexity, smartphone adoption by seniors is rising. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , IoT and home monitoring , Technology - AARP. Pew hasn’t bothered lately, but AARP recently published a survey of tech ownership among the 50+. How about free Wi-Fi and a smart speaker?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 6, 2022

It is an end-to-end solution featuring Cognitive Systems' patented algorithms, clean iOS and Android app interface." See latest report The State of Voice-AI and Older Adults 2022. category tags: AI and machine learning , Family caregivers , Home Care. Learn more. Honor Expert.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Voice interfaces everywhere; increased engagement tools like Alexa, Google Assistant. Each day she wakes with an amplified voice-enabled alarm clock that tells her the time and offers a tip from its smart assistant on what to wear, given the weather. category tags: baby boomers , Seniors , aging in place.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 15, 2019

Like the twist-off cap, the interface can be impenetrable. And you wonder why Voice First came into our lives at just the right moment, even with its hilarious misunderstandings and mistakes, it is (one) improvement in design that is compelling. My fear of it breaking or becoming obsolete? Starting over.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 5, 2018

The purpose was unchanged – and the limited representation of tech in the exhibit hall may hint at the peripheral role that technology use continues to play in these senior-focused jobs, despite the tech disruption this past year of voice first technology , or the availability of cheaper/smaller wearables and offerings for the smart home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 6, 2018

Let’s Talk – What’s Happening With Voice First Adoption? category tags: vehicle/transportation technology-services , voice/AI technology , senior living , robotics. And you look back on the 2009 advice – which is still valid, especially about creating community around the product – more important than ever. Does this matter?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Vanderbilt combines AI and Smart on FHIR in an EHR voice assistant. "Voice user interfaces are an essential step to humanizing the EHR," says Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal, who will be speaking at HIMSS19. " News. by Bill Siwicki January 21, 2019.

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