If iPhone 4S was a technological juggernaut, Siri was a software masterpiece. But the thing is, what if you are not the part of iPhone family. Is there any Siri alternative available for other platforms? The answer is YES, there are plenty of other alternatives, some quite as good as Siri. Right now, we present you some of the best alternatives that are available for Android platform.
Vlingo Vitual Assistant
Price Tag: Free ($2 to remove ads)
With over 1 million downloads worldwide, Vlingo is something you can never resist if you are an Android lover. This voice recognition software lets you make phone calls, send texts and emails, checkout local restaurants and businesses, buy movie tickets, open applications, and update your Twitter and Facebook accounts – all by voice. While on road, you can activate its inCar mode simply by saying “Hi Vlingo”. Recognition quality is excellent and price tag will not give you any reason to ignore it.
Edwin, Speech to Speech
Price Tag: Free
Next in the line to challenge Siri’s dominance is Edwin, the Speech to Speech voice recognition software for Android (2.1+). Just like Siri, Edwin is hooked up to Wolfram Alpha, so you can kill time by asking him/her any silly questions that come in your mind. The reason we used “him/her” in the previous line is the fact (a bit amusing) that the software has a male name while it has a female voice. Besides killing time, you can also use it to make calls, ask for directions, update your Twitter status, and so on. Price tag, once again, will not let you to overlook it (if the features don’t convince you somehow).
Iris
Price Tag: Free
Look at the spellings of Iris. Concentrate hard. Do you find any resemblance with Siri? No? Look again. Spell it backwards and woalla, you get Siri. This Android-based alternate was developed by Narayan Babu and his team in just 8 hours (yeah, you read it right, in just EIGHT HOURS). You can do almost anything which you can do with Siri, and considering the amount of time the development team spent on creating Iris, its recognition technology is quite remarkable. When you are in a “time-pass” mood, you can ask him some silly questions and trust me, you’ll not be disappointed by its answers.
Speaktoit Assistant
Price Tag: Free
Speaktoit Assistant can do everything Vlingo or Siri can do for you. And the added advantage of using Speaktoit is the ability to talk with an animated avatar. You can change your avatar’s outlook by changing his/her hairstyle, skin color, and clothes. The result: instead of a boring text-only interface, you get a lively talking avatar that you can use to bore.
Sonalight Text to Voice
Price Tag: Free
This assistant is kinda boring one, but it carries out the basic tasks quite intelligently. The software can draft, send text messages along with reading incoming SMSes. Sonalight is basically a drive-along companion i.e. incase you have to tell someone something important (for example, telling your wife/husband that you are on your way to home), you can do it without losing focus on the road.
The best thing regarding all of the above apps is that they are free of charge, so it’s definitely worth a shot if you can’t watch your friends bully you with Siri.
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