In Machines We Trust: How AI is giving a woman back her voice

Voice technology is one of the biggest trends in the healthcare space. We look at how it might help care providers and patients, from a woman who is losing her speech, to documenting healthcare records for doctors. But how do you teach AI to learn to communicate more like a human, and will it lead to more efficient machines?

We Meet: 

• Kenneth Harper, VP & GM, Healthcare Virtual Assistants and Ambient Clinical Intelligence at Nuance
• Bob MacDonald, Technical Program Manager, Project Euphonia, Google 
• Julie Cattiau, Project Manager, Project Euphonia, Google 
• Andrea Peet, Project Euphonia user 
• David Peet, Attorney, husband of Andrea Peet
• Hod Lipson, Professor of Innovation in the Department of Mechanical Engineering; Co-Director, Maker Space Facility, Columbia University. 

Sounds:

• The Exam of the Future Has Arrived - via Youtube

Credits: 

This episode was reported and produced by Anthony Green with help from Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Michael Reilly. Our mix engineer is Garret Lang and our theme music is by Jacob Gorski.