Use Of Voice Assistants By The Students In Engineering Educational Institutions In Karnataka: An Exploratory Study

Abstract

The current study investigates the use of voice assistants among Karnataka engineering students. In order to get data from the respondents, the study used a questionnaire and survey method. The total population of the UG students of the six institutions was 13,388. Random Sampling Technique was used to distribute the questionnaires. A total of 374 questionnaires were distributed to UG students and out of which 366 questionnaires were received back with a response rate of 97.86 %. The results of the study include: 218 (71.47 %) respondents used Ok Google, whereas, 48 (15.74 %) respondents used Hi, Bixby of Samsung; 212 (57.92%) respondents used Voice Assistants for playing music, listening to their favorite songs, followed by 181 (49.45%) respondents used Voice Assistants for locating direction; 232 (76.07%) respondents used these Voice Assistants because of quick response, whereas, 154 (50.49%) respondents used because of its accurate search and 204 (66.89%) respondents faced errors in speech understanding, because Voice Assistants take time to get accustomed with the frequency and accent of the user.