Although it has been around for several years, Apple's Siri (digital assistant) still experiences failures since it often fails to respond correctly to basic commands. But earlier this month he reportedly rose to the occasion when a four-year-old boy was forced to call for help in an emergency.
The young Roman, resident of the Kenley area of Croydon, United Kingdom, found his mother on the floor on March 7. He tried to wake her up but failed. She then found her iPhone, pressed her thumb on the home button, and asked Siri's digital assistant for help.
You can hear the sound of Roman's energy below.
Roman connected to local services έκτακτης ανάγκης (ο αριθμός κλήσης στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο είναι ο 999). Έτσι κινήθηκε ο μηχανισμός, και σύντομα (εντός 13 λεπτών από τη λήψη της κλήσης, με την τοποθεσία) μια ομάδα νοσηλευτών ήταν σε θέση να δώσουν στη μητέρα τις σωτήριες πρώτες βοήθειες και να την οδηγήσουν μαζί με τον Roman στο hospital for further examinations.
Although for the most part the presence of Roman was the one that saved his mother's life, this story highlights one of the important aspects of voice assistants: accessibility.
It is not clear whether the child he could have called XNUMX himself, but he was very lucky to find a way to call for help.
Let's say that digital assistants are increasing with the last one Alexa of Amazon, and it seems great to see companies doing more to help them users them in a difficult time, regardless of their age or whether their voices are recognized by connected devices.
Features such as these will need a lot of work to operate out of the box around the world, as each country uses different emergency systems and services. Let's hope the Roman story will motivate many companies to produce very simplified but also functional products so they can be used by everyone.
ΥΓ. : The title was corrected after a friend's Facebook intervention.
