Artificial Intelligence and voice technology (i.e. Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and others) are going to completely disrupt the way we experience healthcare. Voice is the most seamless form of communication because it is natural, efficient, and convenient. Infants are born using their voices to tell us when they are hungry. Human beings can speak faster than we can type or text. And, we have the ability to speak and multitask at the same time. Simply, we are entering the era of ambient computing: artificial intelligent voice-first devices in our surroundings ready to carry out our commands through the most natural interface known to us – our speech. Dr. Teri Fisher is a Sport & Exercise Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He has a particular interest in e-health innovation and the intersection of voice technology and healthcare. He is the Founder and host of “Voice First Health”, a website and podcast that highlights the rapidly expanding intersection of Healthcare and Voice-First technologies.
Dr. Fisher is also the founder of Alexa in Canada, the leading Amazon Alexa resource for Canadians; and Briefcast.FM, the premier Flash Briefing network. He is the host of the weekly “Alexa in Canada” Podcast and the daily "Voice in Canada" Flash Briefing, the #1 rated Amazon Alexa Briefing and News Skill in Canada, where he helps to facilitate voice-first technology literacy and helps others to discover how artificial intelligence and voice-first technology is revolutionizing our lives.
Dr. Fisher holds a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University, and Bachelor of Education, Master of Science, and Medical Doctor degrees from UBC. When he's not conversing with his AI smart speakers, he can be found trying to keep up with his active wife and coaching his two children on the ice rink or baseball diamond. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
Wow, what are the chances that I would check TED right after a video was uploaded?
Nicely done! ~ Teri Fisher (VoiceFirstHealth.com)
Wow I just realized that they upload like every 2 minutes
Whispering!!!!!!!
Love that feature! ~ Teri Fisher (VoiceFirstHealth.com)
Voce?
oops. I have contacted TED to have this corrected. Thanks. ~ Teri Fisher (VoiceFirstHealth.com)
I believe that AI could also help with spell check.
You said it! On it! 🙂 ~ Teri Fisher (VoiceFirstHealth.com)
I am a big supporter of AI Technology. However, I find the voice technology, search interface like G. Assistant or the A. Alexa mostly USELESS compared to my computer interface keyboard or the mouse. For example; If I type the name of any drugs (or whatever subject) in my google search, it displays extensive information of all of it. But ask Alexa any such things the answer is overwhelmingly “Sorry I don’t know”.
Is there any Chat bot that provides voice replies at least like that you get by typing in the Google Search?
Hey! Great question. Yes, I agree.. the capabilities are limited at this time, but they are growing so quickly. It won’t be long before the the majority of searches we do by keyboard are done by voice instead. ~ Teri Fisher (VoiceFirstHealth.com)
@Dr Teri Fisher Great answer indeed and thanks. Wish Google Assistant (or Alexa) will soon will understand and provide the voice information to all the queries as well as the Google Chrome keyboard text search does.
@Dr Teri Fisher hi fisher .. loved your theory about ai. You said one example of old parents ..based on that ,a movie called Android Kunjappan was there.. you should watch it.. you will that
@Ch Manohar Thanks so much!
for some reason audio from this video is bugged. I’m hearing at my headset and the sound is just comming from one side.
It’s not in Stereo, so it is only coming out on one side.
8:11 reminded me of the beginning of the game portal 2. When the AI wakes you up entering a new world where everyone is gone and all you have is AI to talk to.
my left ear enjoyed it alot!
Actual presentation starts at 6:26
This medical-tech was shown in the 2005 movie “The Island”.