CA24128 - European Network to Advance the Development and Implementation of Vocal Biomarkers (eVoiceNet)

The recent emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods and audio signal processing techniques open new perspectives on the use of voice to detect or monitor diseases. The vocal biomarker research field is booming but is facing, like other AI-driven fields, a reproducibility and generalisability crisis. To move this promising field of research forward, there is an urgent need to develop a common research framework in Europe, with standardization principles and definitions of good practices and guidelines to help it reach its full potential. A multidisciplinary approach is necessary to tackle this complex task impacting all stakeholders in healthcare virtually.

eVoiceNet aims to establish Europe as a leader in vocal biomarkers, create a collaborative and multidisciplinary network, and facilitate knowledge sharing, standardisation, and the development of privacy-aware solutions, by creating an international network of clinicians, AI experts, speech/voice processing specialists, voice pathologists, privacy/data protection experts, go-to-market specialists, venture capitalists and other providers of financial resources, patients organisations, policymakers as well as industrial partners and other stakeholders (end users, regulators, and other decision-makers), to overcome the major challenges and boost the integration of voice technologies into clinical practice.