1. ECOUTE Effective Communication for Older Users of TEchnology
Phil Green, University of Sheffield, UK
A proposal for Challenge 7 Call 1: ICT and Ageing
Advanced Prototype Systems for Independent Living
and Active Ageing

2. ECOUTE is your personal listener: your gateway to technology
ECOUTE Concept
ECOUTE is your personal listener: your gateway to technology
ECOUTE Listens to you
ECOUTE is ‘adapted’ to your voice
ECOUTE knows about the way you speak and the words you use
ECOUTE drives applications which are tailored for you
ECOUT(EUR) Listens for you
ECOUTE warns you of events needing attention
ECOUTE monitors your voice
ECOUTE learns to do better, and to do more for you
FP7 15/1/07

3. Technology Challenges
ECOUTE Work Programme
Client-driven: client groups in 3 countries recruited at the outset, basis for development and evaluation
Semi-automatic enrolment for each new client
Use in the home and outside
ECOUTE Products
Two exemplar applications (e.g. environmental control, internet access)
ECOUTE technology abstracted to an API
Technology Challenges
Predicting what is feasible for each individual
Sparse training data
Designing interactions which gain and hold confidence
Learning about the client’s voice and vocabulary
ECOUTE Consortium (Provisional)
University of Sheffield (Institute for Ageing, CAST group)
University of Nijmegan
University of Leuven
University of Edinburgh
Philips
Toby Churchill
FP7 15/1/07