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"Description succincte : Prestations d'ingénierie pédagogique pour la conception, la création et la mise à disposition d'un assistant vocal d'apprentissage de l'anglais pour les élèves du 1er degré pour le compte du ministère de l'éducation nationale et de la jeunesse."

"The Spring 2019 Smart Audio Report revealed new smart speaker user behaviors and trends among the 21% of U.S. adults - 53M people - who own smart speakers today. The latest research from NPR and Edison uncovers security concerns among both smart speaker owners and non-owners, and challenges in discovery of new smart speaker functions or skills. But despite these challenges, smart speaker owners continue to integrate the device in their everyday routines: 69% of smart speaker owners use their device daily."

"La Ville et la Métropole de Rennes lancent un nouveau service à destination des habitants : Roaz, un assistant virtuel de service public." "Roaz est accessible depuis le site internet metropole.rennes.fr, via un ordinateur ou en version mobile, via Google Assistant ou encore via les enceintes connectées Amazon Alexa et Google Home. Pour faire appel à Roaz sur les enceintes connectées ou via Google Assistant, il suffit d'invoquer « Démarches Rennes Métropole ». Roaz fonctionne de manière textuelle mais aussi vocale, et ce afin de proposer un accès simplifié au service public et aux démarches administratives pour les personnes qui éprouvent des difficultés avec la lecture."

"La solution est disponible depuis le 1er juillet 2019 sur les enceintes Alexa (Amazon) et Google Home. Pour y avoir accès, une commande vocale ("Alexa, lancer la mairie d'Issy" ou "Ok Google, parler à la mairie d'Issy") permet de demander diverses informations administratives, comme les démarches à effectuer pour renouveler un passeport ou pour connaître les horaires d'ouverture des équipements publics." "Nous sommes au début du développement. Nous pouvons imaginer par la suite des informations sur toutes les démarches et rendre possible la prise de rendez-vous pour changer son passeport par exemple", précise Eric Legale, directeur général d'Issy Media (Société d'Economie Mixte chargée de la communication externe et de l'innovation numérique de la Ville d'Issy-les-Moulineaux), avant de poursuivre, "l'idée est de faire exactement ce que l'on fait sur le site de la ville en utilisant le clavier mais cette fois-ci avec la voix". "Par ailleurs, la réflexion de la ville s'oriente actuellement vers les personnes âgées dans l'objectif d'étoffer la solution, par exemple pour programmer des rappels sur la prise de médicaments ou dérouler de façon quotidienne les actualités. "La consultation des écrans et la navigation sur les interfaces ne sont pas intuitives pour tout le monde, contrairement à la voix. Cela leur donnerait d'avantage d'autonomie", explique Eric Legale. "

"Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a new tool to monitor people for cardiac arrest while they're asleep without touching them. A new skill for a smart speaker - like Google Home and Amazon Alexa - or smartphone lets the device detect the gasping sound of agonal breathing and call for help. "

"Le périphérique, en plus de pouvoir lancer la lecture de votre bibliothèque musicale grâce à la commande vocale « Hey Spotify« , dispose de boutons intégrés afin d'accéder très rapidement à vos playlists favorites."

"- 34% of U.S. 18-29-year-olds owned a smart speaker at the beginning of 2019 while the figure for the over 60 population was just 20%. - The use of voice assistants on smartphones follows a similar pattern but is less extreme with over 80% of under 30 consumers saying they've used a smartphone-based voice assistant compared to about 60% for the oldest age group. - However, the frequency of smart speaker use is less age-dependent as 60 years and older device owners actually exceed that of the 18-29 group with 46.6% as daily users compared to 43.1% respectively. The 30-44 age group was most active with 51.3% daily users. - Consumers over 60 skew significantly toward Amazon Alexa use for smart speakers and Apple Siri on iPhones. Google Assistant and its primary distribution of Google Home smart speakers and Android smartphones are not very popular among older Americans."

"Lors du CES Asia 2019, Alibaba a annoncé l'intégration de son assistant vocal dans les véhicules de marque Audi, Renault, et Honda. Cette annonce concerne exclusivement la Chine. À titre d'exemple, l'enceinte connectée Tmall Genie Auto devrait permettre aux chauffeurs de suivre une livraison, réserver une table dans un restaurant, ou encore acheter des tickets de cinéma. Sur du plus long terme, Alibaba indique qu'il sera possible de contrôler à distance ses appareils connectés, régler le chauffage, ou ouvrir les stores."

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"Banking chatbots built with AI technologies can understand the contextual request from a customer. They can be taught to ask and answer questions in a familiar, conversational language. This is something that digital interactions with banks are lacking - a more natural, intuitive user experience."

"Speech-to-text applications are not new to medical staff, who have used transcription software to digitize voice notes recorded on a dictaphone for some time now." "Voice assistants are now available that can input patient notes directly into electronic health record (EHR) systems automatically when dictated by a physician, potentially saving a significant amount of time and effort." "Kara is the first "ambient" AI assistant, meaning it doesn't need to be invoked by the physician using a command word." "[the] patient (...] give their consent for their physician to use the AI assistant" "Saykara is one of a range of software vendors with voice assistants that are targeted specifically at supporting physicians. This includes Suki (which announced $20 million in funding last year), Notable (which attracted $13.5 million in investments last year), Nuance (whose Dragon Medical One is one of a variety of speech applications), and a range of others."

"Most often, they ask them to play their favorite songs, tell jokes, and sometimes, to do their homework. Of course, chatting with a bot comes with privacy concerns." "Those concerns have created a market for voice assistants that are more kid-friendly and less nosy, such as Chatterbox, a DIY AI for kids, and Toniebox, an entertainment-focused smart speaker that sells in privacy-friendly Europe."

> de la voix à la notification écrite

"Programmer le GPS, lancer une playlist sur une application de streaming, changer la température de la climatisation sont autant de possibilités pour ne pas avoir à quitter la route des yeux. " "Connected Lab, qui travaille avec de grandes marques de l'informatique sur l'expérience utilisateur, estime ainsi que réfléchir à une formulation correcte pour déclencher une action de la part d'un assistant vocal tout en conduisant n'est pas forcément plus sûr que de saisir les informations sur l'écran de bord." "Ensuite, se pose la question de la duplication des commandes. Quel est l'intérêt de dicter une action quand il est possible de faire la manipulation en trois clics à partir de menus que l'on connaît par cœur ? Tant que l'on ne sera pas en mesure de parler de manière naturelle aux assistants, ce système à double entrée perdurera."

"You can schedule assigned reminders by saying: "Hey Google, remind Jamal to take out the trash at 8 p.m." or "Hey Google, remind Sophie she's a great kid tomorrow at 5 p.m.""

"Despite its own push to collect more user data, by requiring individuals to log in to access services such as iPlayer, the BBC claimed the public had concerns about commercial voice assistants due to issues such as targeted advertising and security. "People know and trust the BBC, so it will use its role as public service innovator in technology to ensure everyone - not just the tech-elite - can benefit from accessing content and new experiences in this new way.""

"Ce [GPS] se réveille suite à une longue pression sur le bouton de la montre et se contente de réponses écrites, la Versa 2 n'ayant pas de haut-parleur. Il sera donc possible de contrôler tout son écosystème Alexa depuis sa montre. " > mode écoute + notifications écrites

"Spotify wants as many podcasts on its platform as possible, and it's now testing a new button within its app that'll encourage people to create one. " usage / podcast

"Leslie Miller's days are jam-packed. Being legally blind hasn't slowed down the 70-year-old resident of Casa de Mañana Retirement Community in La Jolla, California: she frequently gets lunches with friends, goes dancing, reads, and loves to listen to radio soap operas. Lately, she's gotten into guided meditation. None of that would be possible without Alexa." [...] "We want to meaningfully impact the lives of older adults," Davis Park, the project's executive director, says. Park notes that the voice assistants have been incredibly helpful for those, like Miller, with poor vision, and the project has experimented with using Alexa to help people with dementia know where they are if they are confused about their surroundings." Miller, like most of her fellow residents, finds her Echo Dot helpful for everyday tasks: What's the weather? Remind me of a lunch with so-and-so. What's the definition of this word?"

"Parental supervision via voice assistant won't be limited to what happens at home. Amazon announced that it will roll out new Alexa education skills in partnership with education tech companies like Blackboard, Canvas, and Coursera. Students, and their parents, will shortly be able to ask Alexa about homework or for updates posted by teachers on those platforms to stay up to date on classroom activities." "Amazon wants to increase its market share among children, and make them loyal to the voice assistant at an early age. But with children, parents are the gatekeepers. It remains to be seen if the family-friendly features and increased transparency are enough for parents to trust Alexa interacting with their children after the many privacy breaches. If successful, it could set the template for how voice assistant developers approach the market for the younger audience. Still, there's no guarantee any of it will be enough to appease worried parents or head off the kind of regulation Amazon and other voice assistant makers want to limit."