Alexa, Siri, Amazon Echo etc. are some example of virtual Assistance. The rise of virtual assistant technology is on continuous rise and it is going to even higher. Global research and advisory firm Gartner said that 25% of employee will interact with applications through virtual assistance till 2023.
Besides Alexa and Siri, Gartner shared in a report that due to demand of Artificial intelligence and its usage in different sectors we get to introduces with three more types of virtual assistance.
- Virtual customer assistant
- Virtual personal assistant
- Virtual employee assistant
The use of Virtual employee assistant technology has been going on large scale in sectors like insurance and financial services. Apart from financial sector it also shows interest in IT, information queries and customer services.
Try to understand with an example
Amazon Alexa services are giving benefit to the business owners and employees. With the deployment of Alexa in offices it helps employees to handle critical tasks such as logistic operations, scheduling meetings and also finding answer of some questions.
Similarly, virtual assistant service of Nokia known as Mika is helping engineers and developers to smoothly execute them in developing operational phases such as identifying the problems then fixing it carefully with an ease.
At last, (virtual assistant) VAs utilized in the work environment and virtual employment assistants (VEAs) will expand worker efficiency and cultivate helpful commitment.
Nowadays Chatbots and Virtual Assistance are used by more than 1,000 incorporates and it has large number of vendors. Development of more advanced virtual assistance like text to voice and voice to text is still in progress. Definitely it will change the scenario of Virtual assistance.
According to Annette Jump, senior director at Gartner,”Ultimately, VAs used in the workplace and VEAs will increase employee productivity and foster constructive engagement.”
It might be possible just like personal virtual assistant devices like Amazon echo, Google home, Apple home pod, demand of similar type of technologies in office environment will increase.
Although, there is going to be restrictions on the functionalities of virtual assistants.
Investment on virtual personal assistants is also going to increase the spending on VPAs is going to be 3.5 U. S billion dollar by 2021.
Voice Assistance in different sectors.
The best example of adoption of VPAs shows by the hotel Marriot after doing partnership with Amazon Alexa. Hotel operator uses Alexa VPAs to assist in checkout process and management of room’s amenities.
Not only in hotels but also VAs has been covered the healthcare sectors in many ways. Remote diagnostics and elder-care applications will be enabled by VPA speakers. Vice president at Gartner, Van Baker said that “Voice technology is also already being used by physicians to document patient data within electronic health records.”
Baker also said that, “Enabling voice interaction with applications will ultimately enhance the digital dexterity of workers who have access to them.”
Conclusion
Well by going through above mentioned points it is clear that voice assistant technology is going to be dominating in coming times. It simplifies the work, make the employees capable of handling critical tasks, etc.
Ultimately it makes the company or business more productive and efficient. Although another side of the story is that it is not suitable for countries like India. This is because it needs fast internet services to perform well and uninterrupted. India’s largest piece of land is covered with rural areas. India need to work more and more on Voice Assistance technology. Overall in future we can see the technology voice assistance in every home.
There is no doubt by 2021 virtual employee assistants will work in place of employees. Get in touch with us for more updates.
