How would you like to have a talking car? If you haven’t thought about it, then you’d better do so because pretty soon a talking car will be a reality. This is not a joke or just a result of watching too much of Knight Rider. The Carsite project aims to bring more advanced technology into the automotive industry. This is being done so as to help older folks drive more safely on the streets. The Carsite project studies in-car speech messages to bring geographic data and give warning to the driver if there are hazards and traffic.

“What the Carsite project is examining is how people respond to in-car speech messages, and specifically how this can be tailored for older people, in terms of tone of voice and response mechanisms” as stated by Dr. May Zajicek, from the Carsite project.
Dr. Zajicek will be speaking at the British University in Dubai (BUiD) to give an in-depth account on the “talking car” technology that is being used in the Carsite project.

This new development is certainly exciting because it can make driving safer and definitely more enjoyable!