Although Siri (digital assistant) της Apple εξακολουθεί να βιώνει αποτυχίες αφού πολλές φορές δεν καταφέρνει να ανταποκριθεί σωστά σε βασικές εντολές. Όμως, νωρίτερα αυτό το μήνα φέρεται να στάθηκε στο ύψος των περιστάσεων, όταν ένα τετράχρονο αγόρι αναγκάστηκε να ζητήσει βοήθεια σε μια περίπτωση έκτακτης need.
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 the local emergency services (number call in the UK it is 999). So the mechanism was set in motion, and soon (within 13 minutes of receiving the call, with the location) a team nurses were able to give the mother life-saving first aid and take her and Roman to the hospital for further tests.
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 if the child could have called the emergency number alone, but he was 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 looks great to see companies doing more to help their users at a difficult time, regardless of their age or if 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 the intervention of a friend of ours at Facebook.
