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Call: QoMEX 2020 – The 12th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience

By Matthew Lombard | Published: December 2, 2019

CALL FOR PAPERS

QoMEX 2020
The 12th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience
May 26th – 28th 2020
Athlone, Ireland
Conference website: www.QoMEX2020.ie

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PDF: Call for Papers: http://qomex2020.ie/downloads/QoMEX2020CallforPapers.pdf
PDF: Call for Special Session proposals: http://qomex2020.ie/downloads/QoMEX2020CallforSpecialSessions.pdf

Paper submission deadline: 29th January, 2020

The 12th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience will be held from May 26th to 28th, 2020 in Athlone, Ireland. QoMEX 2020 will provide a warm welcome to leading experts from academia and industry to present and discuss current and future research on multimedia quality, quality of experience (QoE) and user experience (UX). The conference will be held in form of oral, poster and plenary sessions, comprising dedicated special sessions on trending topics.

Prospective authors are invited to submit full and/or short papers (maximum of 6 or 3(+1) pages, respectively) to the general track and to special sessions.… read more. “Call: QoMEX 2020 – The 12th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience”

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Alexa can now show more emotion, use different voice styles, and be in more devices

By Matthew Lombard | Published: December 2, 2019

[As reported in Digital Trends, Amazon is adding emotional qualities to its virtual assistant Alexa’s voice (the Amazon blog post mentioned has more examples of ‘her’ new abilities). In separate news, Amazon is making it possible to interact with Alexa through more devices – as a post in the AWS blog notes, “customers can now cost-effectively build new categories of differentiated voice-enabled products such as light switches, thermostats, and small appliances. This allows consumers to talk directly to Alexa in new parts of their home, office, or hotel rooms for a truly ambient experience.” Both developments are likely to increase presence responses like the ones in a new case study that found that “Voice Assistants Reduce Loneliness in Older People” (follow the link to Voicebot for details and a video). –Matthew]

[Image: Source: Voicebot]

Alexa can now show more emotion when your sports team loses

By Trevor Mogg
November 26, 2019

Folks who converse with Alexa on a regular basis may be interested to know that Amazon’s voice-activated digital assistant will soon be putting a lot more feeling into her responses.… read more. “Alexa can now show more emotion, use different voice styles, and be in more devices”

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