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University Of Rhode Island Course Information Assistant, Daniel Gauthier
University Of Rhode Island Course Information Assistant, Daniel Gauthier
Senior Honors Projects
Personal voice-interactive systems have become ubiquitous in daily life. There are many of these digital assistants such as Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant. The chances are high you have access to one right now. This technology has reached a point where the context of a conversation can be maintained, which is a vast improvement over earlier technology. Interactions without conversational context can limit interactions greatly and this was the case for previous digital assistants. Every time someone would say something to an assistant, it was like they were constantly changing operators on a customer service line. The assistants can now …
Modern Yard Sale Application, Lauren Epling, Matthew Piasecki
Modern Yard Sale Application, Lauren Epling, Matthew Piasecki
Computer Science and Software Engineering
YardSail is a modern application that provides users a place to post and view local Yard Sales. There is an astounding need for a safe space where users can comfortably post their yard sale address and items for all locals to easily see (without needing to drive down a specific street to find out). Currently, there does not exist an application for users that accomplishes what we set out to accomplish. As a team, we truly believe YardSail could be a popular application that helps users sail through the experience of hosting or visiting a yard sale.