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Currently, I say into the air "ok Google, navigate home" if I don't know how to get home. If that's what I continue do for the next 40 years, it may be instinct

• randcraw 8y ago
  At some point I hope companies like Google/Amazon/Apple will allow us to initiate the conversation with their devices using additional "safe" keywords like "help" or "emergency" or "I'm lost". That would improve their value for emergencies a lot, since injured people don't need to be senile to be befuddled or verbally incapacitated. There are numerous products available now (like "Life Alert", but cheaper), where the user simply presses a button on a pendant around their neck, and a human voice asks "Hi, this is company X. How can I help you?". The summoner can then converse verbally with the agent and request help or contact someone on your behalf. Though I think most such devices/services don't yet know your physical location, it seems likely that more of them will do so soon, as well as add supplementary features like the ability to route the summoner's call and location to a caregiver's phone or computer. Using such a device is almost effortless, which I think is essential for someone who's confused and afraid or injured.