Everyday Tech and Devicesame
This smartphone tool turns spoken words into typed text, allowing seniors to send messages without using a tiny keyboard.
What is Voice-to-Text (or speech-to-text)?
Clue 1 [DAILY DOUBLE]: Built into many modern smartwatches, this safety feature automatically calls emergency services if the wearer collapses or trips.
What is Fall Detection?
Platforms like Netflix and YouTube use AI algorithms to perform this helpful task based on a user's past viewing habits.
What is suggesting movies/videos (or personalized recommendations)?
This smartphone map tool uses real-time traffic data to instantly find a faster path when a road is blocked or congested.
What is a GPS navigation app (like Google Maps or Waze)?
This robotic home appliance uses AI and sensors to map out rooms, avoid bumping into furniture, and clean floors on its own.
What is a smart vacuum (or Roomba)?
This helpful feature finishes your sentences as you type an email or text message, guessing the next word you want to use.
What is predictive text?
Banks use AI to watch for unusual buying habits and instantly send this type of text message alert if your card is stolen.
What is a fraud alert?
Services like Spotify or Pandora use your past likes to automatically build these continuous collections of new songs you might enjoy.
What is a music playlist?
These mobile phone applications use AI to instantly match you with a nearby driver and calculate your exact fare before you get in the car.
What is a rideshare app (like Uber or Lyft)?
When you search for a gift on Amazon, this AI feature pops up at the bottom of the screen to say "Customers who bought this also bought..."
What is an online store recommendation?
[DAILY DOUBLE]: These friendly digital helpers, like Alexa or Siri, listen for their names to answer questions, tell the weather, or play music.
What are smart assistants (or voice assistants)?
This smart feature pings a senior's phone or watch at exact times to ensure they never miss a dose of their doctor's orders.
What is a medication reminder?
This type of digital reading device can automatically recommend your next mystery or thriller book based on what you just finished.
What is an e-reader (or Kindle)?
Airline apps use predictive AI to scan weather and logistics patterns to send you this type of warning hours before you head to the airport.
What is a flight delay alert?
This pop-up text bubble on website homepages answers basic customer service questions without making you wait on hold for a human.
What is a chatbot?
This invisible phone shield automatically identifies and blocks unwanted robo-calls before your phone even rings.
What is a phone spam filter?
This wearable technology constantly tracks your pulse and can alert you if it detects an irregular heartbeat rhythm.
What is a heart rate monitor (or smartwatch)?
[DAILY DOUBLE]: This digital camera feature automatically scans your family pictures, groups them by face, and labels who is in them.
What is a digital photo album (or facial recognition)?
This digital city transit tool tracks public buses in real-time to tell you exactly how many minutes until the next ride arrives at your stop.
What is a public transit tracker?
This standard email folder uses AI filters to catch and hide thousands of tricky lottery scams, fake prizes, and junk messages.
What is the spam folder?
This household gadget learns your daily schedule and lowers the heat when you leave the house to save on energy bills.
What is a smart thermostat?
These online medical systems use AI to instantly categorize your blood work and securely highlight any out-of-range test results.
What is an online patient portal?
This computer screen feed curates daily newspaper articles and opinion pieces specifically tailored to the topics you read most.
What is a personalized news feed?
[DAILY DOUBLE]: This handy travel tool lets you speak English into your phone microphone and immediately plays the words back in a foreign language.
What is a translation app?
[DAILY DOUBLE]: This weather tool uses massive radar data models to predict the exact minute a rain storm will start and stop in your neighborhood.
What is a hyperlocal weather app?