Highlights
- To help users manage their mental wellness, Sonde Health has introduced voice-powered Sonde Mental Fitness.
- The voice-powered technology of Sonde Mental Fitness uses a short voice recording to detect and monitor mental well-being.
- Sonde Mental Fitness also provides valuables health suggestions for users to improve their mental health.
Mental health conditions are increasing worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. The concerns over mental health have grown significantly. With rising mental illness, there is a need for an accessible and affordable way to monitor and track mental health. The most common problems are anxiety and depression, affecting 1 in 10 people at any time. Monitoring mental health before it causes other health issues in the body is important, and real positive measures can be taken to improve the physical health outcomes for people with mental illness.
In this backdrop, let us acquaint you with the latest development of Sonde that can identify mental health by using voice-
Sonde Mental Fitness to use voice for evaluating mental health
To help users manage their mental wellness, Sonde Health has developed voice-powered mental fitness tracking and journaling product, Sonde Mental Fitness. The voice-powered technology uses a brief voice sample for detection and monitoring mental well-being.
Sonde Mental Fitness intends to build awareness among the people who may be struggling with issues related to mental health but may not be getting treatment.
The technology is available for employers, health systems, and wellness service providers as an API (application programming interface). Sonde Mental Fitness is a simple and inexpensive technique for people to understand their mental well-being better.
It can also help users identify much-needed early warning systems for other health conditions associated with mental health, such as depression.
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Vocal biomarkers for multiple health conditions
Similar to a physical fitness tracker, Sonde Mental Fitness uses biomarkers to assess important health indicators. Several media reports mention that studies have demonstrated health conditions such as anxiety, depression, stress, sleepiness/fatigue, including some respiratory indications that can also impact vocal features.
The voice processing technology of Sonde analyses a 30-second voice recording of a user’s voice, picking up on minute changes to the voice that could indicate changes to the mental fitness of individuals.
Improved self-awareness with Sonde Mental Fitness
Sonde Mental Fitness also provides valuable health suggestions for users to improve their mental well-being. Furthermore, the voice samples are transcribed and saved as daily text journal entries, and this will provide users a historical and contextual understanding of their mental health. With this combination, user can track their mood and emotional progress with time, which leads to better self-awareness.
Currently, Sonde Mental Fitness is available via its API platform for integration into third-party applications. It is available as a standalone app for iOS users and soon will be available for Android.
Bottom Line
Early diagnosis of mental illness can clear up uncertainty and allow people to know their condition and learn more about how it can affect their health. In addition, early intervention can help build up social and emotional skills and support future good mental health.
Sonde Metal Fitness by Sonde Health is a symptom detection technology that helps identify mental health conditions with a short voice sample and can tell if the person is at risk for leading health conditions.
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