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Alexa and Aging with Heidi Culbertson from Marvee #27

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isolation.Welcome Heidi Culbertson!Heidi has a tremendous amount of experience in emerging technologies. Her current focus is on voice technology and it’s application for the aging population. Heidi joins me to discuss the growing use of voice-first technologies among this most important group of people. Heidi in a well-renowned speaker, having appeared at numerous conferences and events, and she truly is a wealth of knowledge in this field.Below you will find a summary of the important points that we dicussed. Enjoy!Aging and Voice-First TechnologyHeidi discusses with us her experience with her mother (Marvee) who developed macular degeneration, and how using an Amazon Echo helped to give Marvee back her independence.There are currently 55,000,000 people in the US over the age of 65, making this area of voice-technology extremely relevant today.Voice-first technology provides “micro-moments of better quality of life.”The emergence of the Amazon Echo reminds Heidi of when the iPhone first came out – we will s