Microsoft today announced a public preview of its Cortana Skills Kit that allows developers to
create voice apps for the intelligent assistant.
At an event held at the same time last year, Google brought the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, Daydream VR headset, Google Wifi, and Google Chromecast 4K Ultra, and announced plans to launch the Actions on Google platform for third - party developers to
create voice apps for Google Assistant.
In a matter of days, Alpine can digest the retailer's website and CMS, then automatically
create a voice app using that data.
Not exact matches
The startup began by
creating a Shazam - like song recognition
app called Midomi; now, the newly released Hound
app is capable of answering complex
voice prompts like, «Show me all below - average - priced restaurants within a five - mile radius that are open past 10 p.m. but don't include Chinese or pizza places,» or «What's the weather like in the capital of the biggest state in the U.S.?»
Team «Tingle»
created a dating
app, which allows users to send six - second
voice messages until they find a match.
A screencasting
app gives children the ability to
create a video that shows them writing on their iPad screen and captures their
voice as they solve a word problem.
Sometimes teachers
create lectures and other resources themselves using resources like Teacher Tube, the Show Me
app or a
voice recording tool.
One planned lesson let students use an
app called Sock Puppet — with which students record their
voices to build mini-conversations between digital puppets — to
create and compare examples of conversations involving disagreement.
If you happen to use an iOS device, you may already have a taste of J.A.R.V.I.S. in your hands with the Marvel Iron Man 3
app — interacting with him using
voice commands that will
create customized alarm clocks, download ringtones, check the weather or post to Facebook.
Learn English:
Created by Rajiv Kaul from Chandigarh, the
app allows kids to pick up the nuances of the language English using finger tracking techniques with an intelligent
voice guidance system to ensure the kids are picking up the right skills.
If one were to go through BlackBerry World, no doubt you would come across several
voice recording
apps, but as we all know not all
apps are
created equal.
TokBox was
created to help companies build video,
voice, and messaging communications into their web and mobile
apps.
How do I use the Nintendo Switch Online
app to
create an online match and
voice chat with other players?
Created in 1928 as a counterweight to lawyer - rich Montreal and Quebec City, the 6,500 - member
APP was devoted to ensuring the quality of legal services in smaller urban centres and rural regions and giving
voice to the lawyers who practise there.
The legal research
app they have
created is built upon the AI capabilities of IBM's Watson as well as
voice recognition.
You can send
voice or text messages, browse your chat history, or
create group chats with this accessible instant - messaging
app that was updated for Android Wear 2.0.
Siri's limited approach to
app integrations runs counter to those taken by Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, who have invited developers to
create their own third - party
voice apps.
The technology for
voice apps has just recently matured to the point where it's possible to
create compelling user experiences... I've been working on conversational A.I. in my research, but for different types of applications.
If you want a smartwatch for managing your phone notifications, tracking activity and recreational exercise, and doing the gee - whiz things you can accomplish with
apps (like texting with your
voice or finger, checking sports scores,
creating reminders, and adjusting your smart thermostat), the Apple Watch Series 1 is your best bet.
Apple today updated its video creation
app Clips with a handful of new features, introducing new graphic overlay options and support for Disney and Pixar characters.Clips, first released back in April, is designed to let users combine several video clips, images, and photos with
voice - based titles, music, filters, and graphics to
create videos that can be shared in Messages and via social networks.With today's update, Apple has added dozens of new graphic overlays and animated poster designs to enhance text - based additions that are added to videos.
It's going to be really interesting to see how labels and artists
create their own «skills» (for Alexa) and «actions» (for Google Assistant)-- the equivalent of
apps for these
voice assistants.
Developers are flocking to
create voice - controlled
apps for the device, or skills, as Amazon calls them.
«On our side, what we've done is really
create a hardware platform that is very rich and functional, and optimized for some of those
apps and the needs of
app developers for those
apps, like optimizing
voice interaction, and having a great display that supports showing rich information in a flat, clear way.»
The Noon Smart Lighting System, a new startup in smart lighting, is here to help with a $ 400 starter kit that replaces your existing light switches, recognizes the light bulbs you already have and
creates custom lighting scenes you can control via switch,
app or
voice commands.
Sayspring, a startup that enables designers to
create voice - enabled
apps without code ahead of handing over projects to development, has just raised $ 1.5 million in funding for its efforts, the company is announcing today.
With Sayspring, Webster says the goal is to bring designers into the larger process of
creating voice applications — something he feels is necessary for
voice apps to reach their potential.
The BBC has rolled out its first full
voice app,
creating Amazon Alexa skills for all of its radio stations and podcasts.
That will bring a lot of traditional mobile
app developers into the ecosystem that will spend little time attempting to
create a robust conversational user experience and simply add
voice control to visual user experiences.
Unsurprisingly, it's the most well designed
voice apps that have the highest retention, so it's really worth spending as much time
creating the
voice interaction model for your
voice app as it is developing and testing it.
With the August
app on the iPhone and the revamped August Smart Lock on their doors, users can lock and unlock their homes,
create virtual keys for their guests, and keep an eye on who comes and goes through their doors all with just the sound of their
voice.
However, that doesn't
create much differentiation for
voice apps when they all use the same
voice.
The second is that
voice developers are
creating apps and they need benchmarks.
The
app lets you
create notes and checklist by giving
voice commands.
Amazon's Echo — which still isn't officially available in Canada — does an admirable job of linking devices from various manufacturers through the magic of
voice control, but even it does not offer one central
app that allows users to
create and customize scenes that utilize multiple smart home devices simultaneously.
Three months after launching the product, Amazon announced an SDK for cloud - based
apps and services on the Echo so developers could
create voice - controlled applications.
If customers don't have a
voice profile already, they can
create one in the «Your
Voice» section of the Alexa companion
app.
If there is another adult in your home, they can also
create a
voice profile by following the same steps in the Amazon Alexa
app on their phone.
For some perspective, developers have already
created tens of thousands of Alexa skills, or different
voice command
apps.
For example, Sayspring
created a visual interface for designers to prototype their
voice apps ahead of coding, and YC - backed Storyline allows for Alexa skill development without coding.
Keep in mind that you still have the default «Shopping» and «To - do» lists that you can use, but you can now
create other lists for different purposes, either using your
voice with your Amazon Echo, or through the Alexa
app on your phone.
Siri needs a robust
voice app ecosystem because Apple is good at
creating a great computing environment but can not fill every consumer need alone.
Amazon today is rolling out the biggest makeover for its Alexa Skills Kit Developer Console — the console where
voice app developers
create their skills — since its debut back in 2015.
While using your
voice to
create lists is cool and all, you'll get the most functionality if you just use the Alexa
app.
The
app also offers you the ability to upload videos, use Cortana for
voice searches,
create accounts, and more.
The PadFone Infinity comes with the latest Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system out of the box and Asus has also provided a number of
apps pre-installed including SuperNote 3.1 for note taking, Story for
creating stunning photo albums and Asus Echo as
voice controller for the device.
It develops what it calls «Collective A.I.» which is basically a powerful platform that enables developers to bring
voice - enabled artificial intelligence to any
app or service without having to
create their own underlying libraries or an entirely new speech engine.
The introductory course level will target developers who already know how to code but haven't had much experience in building
voice control
apps, while advanced course level will target those who likely have already know the nooks and crannies of
creating for
voice platforms.
Using
voice commands, you can cue music,
create calendar events, make phone calls, receive audible notifications, and reply to incoming messages from SMS
apps and chat
apps.
The tech giant debuted the expansion of the Family Hub 2.0 refrigerator smart fridge range to 10 models, all of which include touchscreens, a connected
app which gives users the option to
create their own profiles, update calendars and task lists as well as hunt down recipes, and a
voice assistant which can be used for daily questions such as the weather forecast and news.
Started by Whitney Wolfe Herd after she left Tinder and started Bumble, Bizz was
created when dating
app users
voiced their demand for easy networking.