Det är en spännande idé. Det finns flera projekt som arbetar med artificiell intelligens och tal eller hostningar för att skilja friska från symptomfria sjuka personer.

”A group of researchers at MIT recently developed an artificial intelligence model that can detect asymptomatic Covid-19 cases by listening to subtle differences in coughs between healthy people and infected people. The researchers are now testing their AI in clinical trials and have already started the process of seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for it to be used as a screening tool.”

Tidigare har de använt samma modell för att identifiera lunginflammation, astma och Alzheimers sjukdom. För Covid har modellen haft en träffsäkerhet på över 98 procent jämfört med traditionella tester när det gäller att peka ut smittade.

Ett annat liknande forskningsprojekt går ut på att identifiera Covid med hjälp av tal:

”We are developing an app that can analyze an individual’s speech to detect Covid-19 symptoms so that the person can be quarantined, tested, and provided with medical support at a much earlier stage. The app will have the AI model incorporated so that people can regularly monitor themselves for Covid-19 symptoms. Our proposed diagnostic method using speech is only meant for initial screening and flagging of suspected Covid-19 positive individuals. [It is meant] to complement existing clinical diagnostic procedures, not replace them.”

Talanalys är även fokus för Vocalis, ett Israeliskt företag:

”Vocalis, a voice-analysis company with offices in Israel and the United States, had previously built a smartphone app that could detect flare-ups of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by listening for signs that users were short of breath when speaking. The firm wanted to do the same thing with Covid-19. People who had tested positive for the Coronavirus could participate simply by downloading a Vocalis research app. Once a day, they fired up the app and spoke into their phones, describing an image aloud and counting from 50 to 70.”

Tänk om alla kunde testa sig för Covid-19 morgon och kväll med hjälp av telefonen. Vilken revolution för testprocessen och sjukvården. Inga onödiga resor, obehagliga testtagningar eller väntetider för att få reda på om man ovetande bär på smittan.

» AI can detect Covid-19 from the sound of your cough | Live Science

Rapporten från studien finns här:

» COVID-19 Artificial Intelligence Diagnosis using only Cough Recordings – EMBS

» This App Could Help Detect Covid-19 By Analyzing A Person’s Speech - IEEE Spectrum

» Alexa, do I have Covid-19?