Book chapter
The usability of smart speakers for seniors
Mobile Technologies for Delivering Healthcare in Remote, Rural or Developing Regions, pp.305-319
Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)
2020
Abstract
This project had the aim of investigating if smart speakers had utility for seniors and if they would be willing to adopt this new technology. Google Home allows for a hands-free and streamlined approach for tasks such as: answering questions, listening to music and radio, reading from various sources from the internet and other tools commonly found on a mobile device. This technology has been identified as a potential tool that can be readily used and obtained to assist seniors daily, offering an improvement of quality of life and adoption of a new emerging technology. The plan was to give a senior (over 65 years old) a smart speaker for a month and see if they used the speaker throughout the month once the initial novelty wore off.
Details
- Title
- The usability of smart speakers for seniors
- Authors
- Jacqueline Blake (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, USC Business School - Legacy
- Contributors
- Pradeep Kumar Ray (Editor) - Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityNaoki Nakashima (Editor) - Kyushu UniversityAshir Ahmed (Editor)Soong-Chul Ro (Editor) - Shanghai Jiao Tong Universityyasuhiro Soshino (Editor) - Japanese Red Cross Society, Japan
- Publication details
- Mobile Technologies for Delivering Healthcare in Remote, Rural or Developing Regions, pp.305-319
- Publisher
- Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)
- DOI
- 10.1049/pbhe024e_ch19; 10.1049/PBHE024E
- ISBN
- 9781839530487
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering; USC Business School - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99481408902621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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