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Smart Dubai Office Launches Vocal Emotions Project to Promote Happy Living

Smart Dubai Office, the government entity accuseded of leading Dubai's transformation to a smart city, has authorized a participating arrangement with Smartmedical, a company introducing Vocal Emotions technology.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) consists of study on the principle and design of 'Vocal Emotions' technology. 'Vocal Emotions' innovation gauges the sorts of emotions individuals are experiencing at a provided moment by assessing the tonality and other properties of their voice. Inning accordance with the agreement, both events will work together in boosting happiness in Dubai in line with the Happiness Agenda launched by Smart Dubai Office in addition to various other tasks of common interest.

H.E. Dr. Aisha Butti Bin Bishr, Director General of the Smart Dubai Office, highlighted that the agreement promotes commitment to individuals's happiness at all degrees. She claimed "After the success of applying the Joy Meters throughout the city, introducing 'Vocal Emotions technology in Dubai is part of the following stage of the Joy Program's Procedure profile. Utilizing this modern technology, we currently wish to have a much deeper understanding of individuals emotions and views, based on the outcomes of which we will certainly continue dealing with companions from the public and private sectors to additionally explore innovative ways of raising happiness degrees in the city, making Dubai the happiest city on Earth."

" We started to establish Vocal Emotions technology after the tsunami in Japan in
2011," claimed Nozumu Shibasaki, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Smartmedical. "We wanted to assist the families of the sufferers and their caregivers relieve their pain and stop any potential mental disorders that might result from this calamity. After three years of development, we introduced 'Singing Emotions' out there, which quickly came to be incredibly popular as a result of its accuracy, high quality, and functionality. It helped us to bring out a great mood among staff members."

Shibasaki included: "Japan has been a friend of the UAE for 40 years, and we are honored to collaborate with Smart Dubai making the emirate the world's happiest city. I would love to give thanks to Index Holdings, our premier partner in the UAE, for implementing this mega-project."

"Through the agreement, we aim to support the UAE Government's directives to advertise joy and develop a positive way of life in the local community. The government business design is based on 3 columns of a delighted and positive workplace; a satisfied and positive perspective; and a happy and positive way of living. As the agent of Smartmedical, we are providing the region with the Empath modern technology, established by the company's IT and Interaction Department. This modern technology recognizes and gauges various feelings such as joy, unhappiness and anger, whatever the language of the speaker, by assessing the several physical properties of the voice such as the tone, intensity, rhythm, stamina and vocal layer," concluded Dr. Abdul Salam Al Madani, Chairman of INDEX Holding.

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