ASHLEIGH SINCLAIR
Talk2Health - Conversational AI Designed for Ageing
People Involved
Dr Ikechukwu Nkisi-Orji i.nkisi-orji@rgu.ac.uk
Chancellor's Fellow
Dr Anjana Wijekoon
Mr Craig Pirie c.pirie11@rgu.ac.uk
Research Assistant
Professor Nirmalie Wiratunga n.wiratunga@rgu.ac.uk
Associate Dean for Research
Project Description
This project is led by PhysioMedics with RGU’s AI & Reasoning researchers and the Edinburgh based company SpeechGraphics. The goal of the collaboration is to enhance the existing assessment system, PhysioWizard, for accessibility and engagement among older adults (55+ years old). The team will evaluate various voice-enabled options, such as pop-up avatar and simple voice-enabled guidance, with the ultimate objective of integrating this technology to reach a broader audience.
This project builds upon RGU’s existing voice-based AI chatbot technology "FitChat", to deliver behaviour change interventions that encourage physical activities among older adults and previous work with the survey state markup language.
We propose an innovative solution that will automate the generation of chatbots through the creation of an assessment markup language which builds on our previous work on Survey State Markup Language (SSML) for large-scale market research questionnaires to facilitate the dialogue script code generation.
The expected outcome is the design and execution of Talk2Health, an easy-to-use humanised digital assessment and triaging/self-management solution to reduce pain, maintain mobility and encourage physical activity in an ageing and technology challenged demographic.
| Project Acronym | Talk2Health |
|---|---|
| Status | Project Complete |
| Funder(s) | Innovate UK |
| Value | £198,943.00 |
| Project Dates | May 1, 2022 - Jan 31, 2024 |
| Partner Organisations | PhysioMedics Ltd SpeechGraphics |
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