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Edwin: Impressive speech-to-speech app

I bought VLingo and it texts or emails like a champ by saying, "text bob message hey man what's up" or "email sally subject starbucks message something something".

This app seems decent but if you want something a bit more polished, check vlingo out.

What would be REALLY cool is any of these programs supported IBM's Watson type of questions where you can basically ask it about anything in the world in any way and it will give you an accurate answer. It beat experts at the game of jeopardy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20Computer-t.html
 
Every since the update it will not work. It wants to install a voice installer and when I do, it still comes up with telling me to install a voice installer.

Plan to uninstall.
 
It does translate into Spanish, Italian and French - perhaps others also. It failed on Mandarin, Japanese, Russian and German.
 
Ok..this app is really sweet. It has rarely made a mistake in understanding what I say. I think what really sealed it for me...was when I asked it "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego" It replied back to me "She's not here...that's for sure".

LOL..too cool.
 
I still can't find a practical use for it.

Maybe besides the speech translation.

Also, it doesn't even go to a website or go to google, it searches wolfram for everything.

Hey, anyone have a list of commands that Edwin understands?
 
illusionz said:
I still can't find a practical use for it.

Maybe besides the speech translation.

Also, it doesn't even go to a website or go to google, it searches wolfram for everything.

Hey, anyone have a list of commands that Edwin understands?
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The command list is in the help menu. you can say "google tron the movie" for example and it'll use google search. Best thing I find useful is the units conversations like for instance "convert 10 euros to dollar" or "convert 50 yards to feet". Best app I've used so far!!!
 
search
image search
google
yahoo
bing
amazon
wikipedia
wolfram
imdb
dial
phone
call
what is the time
what time is it in .....
whats todays date
what day is it
whats the month
what year is it
Launch (app)
open (app)
enable airplane mode
turn off airplane
whats the plane status
turn on wifi
disable the wireless
whats the wifi status
enable the bluetooth
turn off bluetooth
bluetooth status
 
set screen berightness
screen brightness
make brightness
what is the weather in......
whats tomorrows forecsast for .........
whats the weather
whats the temp
what are the wind conditions
whats the humidity
whats todays forecast
what will the forecast be tomorrow
map (vegan treats in san francisco)
map (Walmart)
get directions to (ice cream)
Map directions to (Walmart in Boston)
map the nearest soffee shop
where in maps is the closest pharmacy
map my location
map the street I am on

spell
what does mean (dictionary)
calculate (simple math expression)
convert (ft to in)
translate
tweet
send
sms
email

That is most of them (examples)
 
Loving the app. True there's not a whole lot of conventional use for it, but it is really really cool and fun.

Need more voices though. And hopefully down the line more answers. Maybe to questions like "Who was the 13th US President" or "When did the Pirates win the World Series" or "Who directed Tron."

But for its early stages, the app is great.
 
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