Contextual digital assistant for presentation assistance
A method for presentation assistance can allow seamlessly switching to a pre-recorded presentation, if the speaker who is giving the presentation is not able to continue with it. This can be performed via a digital assistant that is taking over from the speaker using the pre-recorded presentation. A system for implementation of the method can include the digital assistant as well as other system components.
1 . A method for presentation assistance, the method comprising the steps of:
giving, by a speaker, a presentation in an online meeting;
monitoring, by a digital assistant (DA), the presentation;
storing, by the DA, search data of the presentation;
checking, by the DA, whether the speaker has a problem;
sending, by the DA, the search data to a contextual presentation recording system, (CPRS), in case the speaker has a problem;
finding, by the CPRS, a matching segment to the search data in a recording of the presentation;
returning, by the CPRS, answer data to the DA;
continuing, by the DA, the presentation of the speaker according to the answer data received from the CPRS.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
recording, by the speaker, the presentation at the CPRS before the online meeting takes place;
transcribing, by the CPRS, the recording into text;
indexing, by the CPRS, the recording into segments;
storing, by the CPRS, the indexed recording.
3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the step of recording the presentation is performed in multiple channels.
4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the channels are selected from audio, video and/or screen share.
5 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the indexing of the recording is performed automatically or manually based on the speaker's input.
6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the search data comprises the last n seconds and one or more slide(s) of the presentation.
7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the DA sends the search data to the CPRS permanently.
8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the answer data comprises a timestamp position, and the presentation recording or access to it.
9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the problem is a technical problem and/or a personal problem.
10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein:
the technical problem comprises at least one of: bad network connection, microphone problems, background noise or local endpoint (EP) problems and/or
wherein the personal problem includes at least one of: coughing, stuttering, nervousness, dizziness, becoming sick, black out of the speaker or a complete failing of his/her voice.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
rejoining, by the speaker, the online meeting, in case the personal and/or technical problem does no longer exist;
communicating, by the DA, adjustments of the presentation to the speaker.
12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the adjustments are selected from pending questions or comments and/or wherein the adjustments are communicated via text to the speaker.
13 . A system for presentation assistance, the system comprising:
a digital assistant (DA), the DA being communicatively connectable to a contextual presentation recording system, (CPRS);
the system configured such that an online presentation is monitorable by the DA and search data of the presentation is storable by the DA;
the DA configured to check whether a speaker of an online presentation has a problem and send the search data to the CPRS in an event the problem is determined to exist via a performed check for the CPRS to find a matching segment to the search data in a recording of the online presentation and return answer data to the DA;
the DA configured to continue the online presentation based on the answer data.
14 . The system according to claim 13 , wherein the system comprises a database, a conference server, the DA, and the CPRS.
15 . The system according to claim 14 , wherein the CPRS is installed into a personal computer device of the speaker or is available via a web service.
16 . The system of claim 13 , comprising the CPRS.
17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the CPRS includes a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium.
18 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the DA comprises a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium.