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Leveraging Voice Recognition Technology for Nonprofits

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Thanks to products like the Amazon Alexa and Google Home,  voice recognition technology is becoming easier to access and enjoy like never before.

In this session, we’ll discuss ways to leverage voice recognition technology to engage your supporters. We’ll draw on data collected in one pilot program at a local nonprofit, in which a community utilized Amazon’s Alexa to increase accessibility to technology tools for users with visual, cognitive and mobility challenges. We’ll also review how other nonprofits, like NPR, the American Heart Association, and Unicef are using Alexa to increase visibility. 

Caroline Stroud
Caroline Stroud has been with Senior Portal since 2015. Caroline collaborates with a number of LifePlan communities across the nation to facilitate successful technology implementations. Caroline most recently worked with a LifePlan community in Pittsboro, NC, to launch an application allowing residents to communicate with their community by way of the Amazon Echo’s voice command assistant, Alexa.

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