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Amazon’s Alexa to offer voice skill for therapy

(By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Amazon Alexa will launch a skill this summer that can connect users with a live, human therapist, CNBC reports.

The Alexa skill, called The Difference, is the voice assistant’s first skill for mental therapy. Individuals with an Amazon Echo device can use The Difference to connect with a therapist within 30 minutes. The new service is still in beta. Continue reading article here…

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