Adam Palanica|Anirudh Thommandram|Andrew Lee|Michael Li|Yan Fossat
Do you understand the words that are comin outta my mouth? Voice assistant comprehension of medication names
abstract study investigated speech recognition abilities popular voice assistants verbally asked commonly dispensed medications variety participants voice recordings 46 participants 12 foreign accent english played back amazons alexa google assistant apples siri brand generic names top 50 dispensed medications united states repeated measures anova indicated google assistant achieved highest comprehension accuracy brand medication names 918 sd 42 generic medication names 843 sd 112 followed siri brand names 585 sd 112 generic names 512 sd 160 lowest accuracy alexa brand names 546 sd 108 generic names 455 sd 154 interaction voice assistant participant accent also found demonstrating lower comprehension performance overall foreign accent using siri 488 sd 118 alexa 417 sd 127 compared participants without foreign accent siri 570 sd 117 alexa 530 sd 109 significant difference participant accents found google assistant findings show substantial performance lead google assistant compared voice assistant competitors comprehending medication names still room improvement