“It's kind of like code-switching”: Black older adults' experiences with a voice assistant for health information seeking

CN Harrington, R Garg, A Woodward… - Proceedings of the 2022 …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Black older adults from lower socioeconomic environments are often neglected in health
technology interventions. Voice assistants have a potential to make healthcare more …

Voice controlled devices and older adults–a systematic literature review

D Jakob - International Conference on Human-Computer …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract For older adults Voice Controlled Devices (VCDs) could offer an easy way to
access to digital services. This paper provides a systematic literature review (N= 60) of the …

Envisioning Equitable Speech Technologies for Black Older Adults

RN Brewer, C Harrington, C Heldreth - … of the 2023 ACM Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
There is increasing concern that how researchers currently define and measure fairness is
inadequate. Recent calls push to move beyond traditional concepts of fairness and consider …

Trust, comfort and relatability: Understanding black older adults' perceptions of chatbot design for health information seeking

CN Harrington, L Egede - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Conversational agents such as chatbots have emerged as a useful resource to access real-
time health information online. Perceptions of trust and credibility among chatbots have …

Voice-based interaction for an aging population: a systematic review

S Pednekar, P Dhirawani, R Shah… - 2023 3rd …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the past twenty years, voice-based systems have emerged as a technology with high
usability and accessibility. Research in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has …

[PDF][PDF] Being a Nice Partner: The Effects of Age and Interaction Types on the Perceived Social Abilities of Conversational Agents

J Chin, S Desai - TMS Proceedings 2021, 2021 - assets.pubpub.org
Conversational agents (CAs) are becoming increasingly prevalent and permeating into our
daily lives. We conducted a between-subjects design experiment to examine the effects of …

Understanding the potential of digital home assistant devices for older adults through their initial perceptions and attitudes.

T Kadylak, KA Blocker, CE Kovac… - …, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
Background: Voice-activated digital home assistant (DHA) devices, such as Alexa-enabled
Amazon Echo products, can help support a broad range of daily activities within home …

A quantitative study on awareness, usage and reservations of voice control interfaces by elderly people

D Jakob, S Wilhelm, A Gerl, D Ahrens - International Conference on …, 2021 - Springer
One third of Germans talk to 'Alexa','Siri'and other voice-controlled devices. These devices
become omnipresent and change the way how humans interact with digital technologies …

Beyond Physical Accessibility for Inclusive Age-Friendly Homes: Insights from a Comparative Study of Two Residential Developments

A Ismail, E Erdogmus, E Yang, R Porter… - Journal of …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Supporting aging adults who wish to maintain their independence and stay in their homes is
becoming an increasingly prevalent issue in the United States and worldwide. Aging-in …

Always together: combining TV notifications and voice interactions to connect older adults to other generations

JD Camargo, T Silva, J Abreu - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
For many individuals, greeting someone with a simple'hello'is a common occurrence that
can be accomplished quickly using a mobile phone. But what about older people who …