Amazon develops ‘health and wellness team within Alexa division’
Internal documents, obtained by CNBC, reveal that a group of around ‘a dozen people’ are asked with making Alexa ‘more useful in the health-care field’, specifically targeting diabetes management, care for mothers and infants as well as the older generation.
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A look at artificial intelligence and voice technology in the health sector
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and voice technology in the health sector was debated at a conference in London.
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Voice detection system used to aid diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease
A telephone voice and speech analysis system conceived to assist clinicians monitor, screen and treat patients by detecting changes through their voice.
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Power to the people
Dr Paul Hodgkin, the founder and chief executive of Patient Opinion, wonders why policy makers are obsessed with choice, when patients seem to want voice.
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