Year: 2021
Type: preprint
Abstract: Older adults are using voice-based technologies in a variety of different contexts and are uniquely positioned to benefit from smart speakers' handsfree, voice-based interface. In order to better understand the ways in which older adults engage with and learn how to use smart speakers, we conducted qualitative, semi-structured interviews with four older adults who own smart speakers. Emerging findings indicate that older adults benefit from smart speakers as both an assistive and a social technology. Findings also suggest that when older adults learn new technologies in a formal, communal environment there is successful adoption.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Hanley, Margot, Azenkot, Shiri
Institution: Cornell Tech
Language: English
Subfield: Geriatrics and Gerontology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3208694280