Voice Mental Health from Microsoft

Mental health likely a more useful direction using voice.

Microsoft Pilots Voice AI-Based Senior Mental Healthcare Program in South Korea  By Eric Hal Schartz on July 1, 2020 at 12:00 pm in Voicebot.ai

Microsoft is running a mental healthcare service program for older people using artificial intelligence, voice assistants, and wearable tech in South Korea. The pilot program aims to use the combination of technologies to improve the mental health of people as they age, as a growing body of evidence suggests they can.

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The program is based on Microsoft’s Azure Kinect, essentially a sensor kit connected to artificial intelligence. Kinect combines a high-end camera and microphone with other sensors to detect human movement. That information will be combined with data from smartwatches and other wearable tech and analyzed by the AI. Smart speakers will allow participants to interact directly with the AI by voice or by typing on a keyboard, and the voice assistant will offer advice on how to manage and improve mental health. The ultimate goal is to use the information collected to build a better system of care for older people.  ... " 

Azure Kinect DK for AI Sensors

Microsoft continues to expand from the developer direction.   Like I have said before was impressed by their capabilities for delivering in Azure from the basic knowledge structure level.

Azure Kinect DK
Developer kit with advanced AI sensors for building computer vision and speech models
Build your way with a versatile sensing device

Azure Kinect DK is a developer kit with advanced AI sensors for sophisticated computer vision and speech models. Designed for versatility, it combines an advanced depth sensor and spatial microphone array with a video camera and orientation sensor—with multiple modes, options, and SDKs.

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