{"id":8289,"date":"2022-12-14T00:37:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T23:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/14\/smart-speakers-help-people-living-alone-feel-less-lonely-survey-finds\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T00:37:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T23:37:25","slug":"smart-speakers-help-people-living-alone-feel-less-lonely-survey-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/14\/smart-speakers-help-people-living-alone-feel-less-lonely-survey-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart speakers help people living alone feel less lonely, survey finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research by Ofcom also found the devices give disabled people a stronger sense of independence <\/p>\n<p>Smart speakers help people who live on their own feel less lonely and give some disabled people a stronger sense of independence, according to new Ofcom research.<\/p>\n<p>During an in-depth survey of 100 owners and 15 non-owners who tested a smart speaker, some described their device as being like a companion and said they liked being able to talk to it.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/dec\/13\/smart-speakers-help-people-living-alone-feel-less-lonely-survey-finds\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/85fe4122ea1bd98260b2da9279c0f8bfe3899cc4\/361_95_4839_2904\/master\/4839.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e5bf6bcb4a35d36f60d963acc49e3cc7\" title=\"Smart speakers help people living alone feel less lonely, survey finds\" \/>Research by Ofcom also found the devices give disabled people a stronger sense of independence<br \/>\nSmart speakers help people who live on their own feel less lonely and give some disabled people a stronger sense of independence, according to new Ofcom research.<br \/>\nDuring an in-depth survey of 100 owners and 15 non-owners who tested a smart speaker, some described their device as being like a companion and said they liked being able to talk to it. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research by Ofcom also found the devices give disabled people a stronger sense of independence Smart speakers help people who live on their own feel less lonely and give some disabled people a stronger sense of independence, according to new Ofcom research. During an in-depth survey of 100 owners and 15 non-owners who tested a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/14\/smart-speakers-help-people-living-alone-feel-less-lonely-survey-finds\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smart speakers help people living alone feel less lonely, survey finds<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8289"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}