@inproceedings{fd9695e9b98142efa770f117ba1c8940,
title = "Daisy: a friendly conversational agent for older adults",
abstract = "We present Daisy, a voice-controlled conversational agent embodied as a household potted flower. Daisy has been designed for the needs of older adults, providing companionship in times of social isolation by engaging with them in casual conversation, suggesting relevant activities to keep them connected with their community and having them care for it. Daisy was created using user centered design methods. This paper describes Daisy, our experiences designing conversational agents for older adults and the considerations that are crucial when designing such agents.",
keywords = "Companionship, Conversational Interface, Embodied Agent, Older Adults, Social Isolation",
author = "James Simpson and Franziska Gaiser and Miroslav Mac{\'I}k and Timna Bre{\ss}gott",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1145/3405755.3406166",
language = "English",
series = "ACM International Conference Proceeding Series",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, CUI 2020",
note = "2nd Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, CUI 2020 ; Conference date: 22-07-2020 Through 24-07-2020",
}