Generic Concept for Integrating Voice Assistance Into Smart Therapeutic Interventions

Scheible, Jens and Hofmann, Fabian and Reichert, Manfred and Pryss, Rüdiger and Schickler, Marc (2022) Generic Concept for Integrating Voice Assistance Into Smart Therapeutic Interventions. In: IEEE 35th International Symposium on Computer Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2022), 21-23 July 2022, Shenzhen.

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Abstract

Therapeutic Interventions (TIs) play an important role in modern medical and psychological treatments, but their integration into the digital world still shows deficits, e.g., in the integration of the auditory interface. Initiatives to integrate this interface into existing Internet- and Mobile-Based Inter- ventions (IMIs) are largely focused on a small group of Voice Assistants (VAs) and their specific capabilities. To mitigate these drawbacks, the presented concept seamlessly integrates arbitrary VAs into the treatment process of TIs. To this end, an architecture - including a discussion of relevant requirements - is presented that, on the one hand, uses VAs as the only point of contact with patients and, on the other hand, provides a comprehensive web- based backend for Healthcare Providers (HCPs). Based on the architecture, a proof-of-concept implementation using Amazon Alexa is presented. Finally, it is discussed that the scenario addressed and the solution presented have great potential, but still need a lot of work and technical considerations

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords: conversational agents, smart assistance, therapeutic interventions, voice interface
Subjects: DBIS Research > Publications
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science > Institute of Databases and Informations Systems
Depositing User: M.Sc. Jens Scheible
Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2022 14:58
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2022 14:58
URI: http://dbis.eprints.uni-ulm.de/id/eprint/2129

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