Virtual personal assistant shootout: Talk the talk

12 February 2013
What can I help you with? Hope your day is going well. It’s a start. But it’ll take time for the likes of Siri and Google Now to live up to the Intelligent Personal Assistant title. Surprisingly, intelligent isn’t too far off for software that’s context and location aware, does speech recognition...

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  • 13 Feb 2013

Anonymous, 13 Feb 2013However I look at it, these assistants are mere gimmicks. I... moreSome of them are not good, but some are great..

Best one for me..

Even while phone is locked:

1. Hold down home button
2. Say "set alarm for 8am".
3. Done.

or

1. Hold down home button
2. Say "remind me to pay my electricity tomorrow".
3. Done.

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    • Anonymous
    • RKk
    • 13 Feb 2013

    However I look at it, these assistants are mere gimmicks. I can perform tasks faster by hand.

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      • nachi
      • ut$
      • 13 Feb 2013

      S voice is good but i have installed that speaktoit assistant which i feel is much better because s voice don't understand my Indian accent buy speaktoit do.!

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        • qbY
        • 13 Feb 2013

        AnonD-77895, 13 Feb 2013What about S Voice? I think it is just as good as Siri and... moreThe S Voice isn't that widely used. Only the Samsung users that recently purchased a phone has access to them. Though, I must agree that it is quite capable.

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          • sp3
          • 13 Feb 2013

          What about S Voice? I think it is just as good as Siri and it turns in actual weather reports compared to Google Now..

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            • Denzo
            • IPt
            • 13 Feb 2013

            I wish I could post a photo here, but on my iPhone when I asked "why did the chicken cross the road" the response was "whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossed the chicken depends on your frame of reference, according to Einstein". Funny, but true!

            Anyway great review and write up good read.

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