Fighting Covid-19 with data
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Is South Korea’s success so far in fighting the coronavirus down to data and tracing technology? Or is tech only part of the picture, and should other countries seek to replicated their approach? Plus, the artificial intelligence tool that aims to make synthesized voices sound emotional. And do people still believe in the promise of technology to make life better? Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Zoe Kleinman. Produced by Jat Gill.
(Image: A man and woman wearing face masks talk outside a bookstore in Seoul, South Korea, Credit: Getty Images).
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| 0:45.5 | I'm Rory Kathlian Jones, and this week we look at how South Korea has successfully used |
| 0:50.1 | vast amounts of surveillance data to trace people at risk from the coronavirus. |
| 0:55.0 | Would that be acceptable in many other countries? |
| 0:58.0 | The reputation of the tech industry has improved during a crisis which has proved its worth, |
| 1:04.0 | but we hear that our faith in its power to help us remains fragile. |
| 1:08.0 | And surely nothing can replace an actor if you want a quality voiceover for a |
| 1:13.0 | video game or advert. We hear from the AI firm creating voices which can get all emotional. It |
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