Voice assistants could be used for life coaching

Researchers from UPF and the UAB have developed a conversational agent for life coaching with very positive results. Life coaching is a process in which a life coach helps a person to identify and achieve the most important goals for them personally and professionally. The idea is to provide the person with tools and show them attitudes that allow them to take control of their decision and make it a reality. Support also exists for groups and coaching directed at companies is currently experiencing its sweetest moment. Normally this process is led by a professional. But the idea that Dr. Laura Aymerich-Franch , a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the UPF Department of Communication had in 2018 was to program a virtual life coach that would help people achieve their goals. -Using coaching models, we programmed a conversational agent based only on voice, which would guide people to achieve their goals in the same way that a human coach guides you in your session through questions-, Aymerich explains.