Dubai
Smart Dubai Office, the government entity charged with leading Dubai’s transformation to a smart city, has signed a cooperative agreement with Smartmedical, a company pioneering ‘Vocal Emotions’ technology.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) includes research on the concept and design of ‘Vocal Emotions’ technology. ‘Vocal Emotions’ technology measures the types of emotions people are experiencing at a given moment by analysing the tonality and other properties of their voice. According to the agreement, the two parties will cooperate in enhancing happiness in Dubai in line with the Happiness Agenda launched by Smart Dubai Office, in addition to other projects of common interest.
Dr Aisha Butti Bin Bishr, director-general of the Smart Dubai Office, emphasised that the agreement promotes commitment to people’s happiness at all levels. She said: “After the success of implementing the Happiness Meters across the city, introducing ‘Vocal Emotions’ technology in Dubai is part of the next phase of the Happiness Agenda’s Measure portfolio. Using this technology, we now wish to have a deeper understanding of people emotions and sentiments, based on the results of which we will continue working with partners from the public and private sectors to further explore innovative ways of increasing happiness levels in the city, making Dubai the happiest city on Earth.”
