Voice

Kintsugi says that its vocal biomarker tech can detect depression and anxiety from 20 seconds of freeform speech.

Saykara's founder and team will be augmenting Nuance's R&D division.

Also: Abbott sells 150 million of its rapid, app-paired COVID-19 test to the White House; Platform launches for chronic disease patients juggling multiple providers.

The deal joins each company's voice sample datasets to improve R&D, and helps Sonde collect more data across platforms.

Designed to help screen employees for COVID-19, Sonde One uses a questionnaire, temperature and user voice-samples to provide daily guidance.

The new feature will initially be available to Giant Eagle Pharmacy customers. 

A new consumer study, conducted by Voicebot and Orbita, found that 52% of consumers were interested in voice technology for health. 

Industry players warn that while voice technology has the ability to reach a larger audience, it must be implemented with privacy as a top priority. 

Dr. Yaa Kumah, assistant professor of biomedical informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, discussed the opportunities and hurdles for voice technology in provider organizations last week at Harvard Medical School. 

Codenamed Dylan, the system could be used to help an individual better communicate with others.