Lucy

Team Members

Shivani Degloorkar, Jigar Desai, Divya Mohan, Geetika Kapil

Problem statement

Number one problems our seniors (over 80) face today is loneliness and isolation. According to the U.S. Census Bureau 11 million, or 28% of people aged 65 and older, lived alone at the time of the census. As people get older, their likelihood of living alone only increases. Additionally, more and more older adults do not have children, reports the AARP, and that means fewer family members to provide company and care as those adults become seniors.

1. Senior isolation increases the risk of mortality.
2. Feelings of loneliness can negatively affect both physical and mental health.
3. Perceived loneliness contributes to cognitive decline and risk of dementia.
4. Social isolation makes seniors more vulnerable to elder abuse.
5. Loneliness in seniors is a major risk factor for depression.
6. Socially isolated seniors are more pessimistic about the future.

Lucy is a skill developed for Amazon Alexa device echo dot which sits in senior’s room.

A group of student volunteers write personal emails to our seniors . Lucy reads those emails to seniors as they come or at certain time.

Architecture diagram

Features

1. Verifies Pin before reading any email for privacy protection.
2. Reads out received emails.
3. Replies to an email with predefined or custom replies.
4. Wait feature if seniors find giving commands at faster pace difficult.
5. Can navigate back and forth between received emails.
6. Gives count of received emails.
7. Confirms if email has attachments.
8. Filters emails based on date.
9. Filters emails based on subject.
10. Filters emails based on sender.
11. Marks emails as important.
12. Sets reminders for medicines or any other tasks.

How to invoke skill ?

To start the skill, a simple invocation phrase is needed. Example :

Starting Phrase	Example
< invocation name >	Alexa, Lucy Skill
Ask < invocation name >	Alexa, Ask Lucy Skill
Open < invocation name >	Alexa, Open Lucy Skill
Start < invocation name >	Alexa, Start Lucy Skill

Working Demo for the Lucy skill using an Alexa device.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PGuLLyUvrA3-0xM4I3X39sEkiULzbMM1/view?usp=drivesdk