VIVA2019:Profs.Birkholz & Engesser-Social and technical challenges in the devel. of voice assistants
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Date: 2019-10-30

Prof. Birkholz & Prof. Engesser - Social and technical challenges in the development of voice assistants

Peter Birkholz and Sven Engesser talk about the social and technical challenges in the development of voice assistants. 
Peter gives an overview of speech recognition and speech synthesis technology, while Sven talks about the current acceptance of voice interfaces.

VIVA2019 - The Summer School in the framework of DRESDEN-concept
provides young researchers (Master or PhD) with the opportunity
to deepen their understanding in the field of voice interaction.
The participants will explore user-centered challenges within
an interdisciplinary group (computer science, medical
informatics, psychology, medicine, nursing science, law, sociology,
economy, electronics, communication sciences etc.).
 A Design Sprint process will lead all groups eventually to a
prototype of a new skill that will be presented in a final public
event. The developmental process will be accompanied by modules on
social and societal challenges of this technology.

The participants experience challenging team work within the unique
network of scientists and cultural institutions of DRESDEN-concept!