Modernizing First Responder Training with VR and Speech Recognition

With over 60 million American adults owning a smart speaker, human-to-machine conversation have largely become a part of a daily ritual. Though these exchanges are seemingly simple to the user, the complex technology that backs the interactions is powered by artificial intelligence, machine learning, and speech recognition. These modern machines are only continuing to grow in popularity, and for many Americans, voice recognition technology is becoming as natural as owning a smartphone. The user interfaces that drive the functionality of smart speakers have brought new and improved convenience to modern-day Americans. By the same token, this capability has the potential to alleviate burdens from the operations of our nation's first responders.


The subject of PSCR award recipient Health Scholars' project is to bring similar voice-directed user interfaces to Public Safety to increase training efficacy. For public safety departments, training exercises can be time-consuming, costly, and labor-intensive. The Health Scholars project is intended to bring experience-based training to first responders in a scalable, accessible, and affordable way with innovative technologies. Their project is designed to investigate the use of virtual reality (VR) training for Public Safety by focusing on one of the most natural things first responders do: talk.


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Health Scholars is focused on reimagining Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training for first responders through the use of VR and speech recognition technologies. This cardiac emergency training is a certification that healthcare professionals specializing in emergency services must renew every two years, accredited by the American Heart Association. "Emergency and fire agencies need to deliver ACLS training every year," explains Chris Ingwalson, "and they all do it ..

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