subject: Speaktoit Assistant Challenges Siri On Ios [print this page] Siri has become so popular that a lot of virtual assistants are popping out in the smartphone markets. Siri is one of the reasons why people started buying iPhone 4S. The Apple virtual assistant works interactively. It does not only give you the information you need but it also speaks to you like another human being. It may not be as humanly possible but it is close enough though. Now that Siri has been so popular all over the world, other virtual assistants are also rendering their services to a lot of people.
Speaktoit Assistant is a virtual assistant that started off with Android. It is a free app that you could download in the Android Market and it is crossing over its availability to one of Androids rival, the iOS of Apple. This app provides alternative to Siri and if you are interested in availing Speaktoit, all you have to do is download it from the App Store.
Speaktoit is a lot like Siri. It can call numbers or names that are listed in your contacts. It can also send messages. It searches for places that you need to look for. The nice thing about Speaktoit is that it could search places and establishments that are even outside the U.S.
As mentioned, this app is free in Android but those iPhone users that are interested would have to pay $1.99. Makers of this application are offering a special promo on Valentines Day wherein the first 100,000 people or iPhone users that will download this app will get it without any cost. This app will also be available soon with Blackberry, Windows Phone and Bada.
Between iPhone users of different models and versions of the operating system and unlike Siri, Speaktoit Assistant is going to support even older iPhone versions. It has a face and a customizable avatar you can speak to. You even have an option to choose if you want a male or a female virtual assistant. You can choose the clothes, the skin color, the hair and the face. There is also a choice with regard to the accent that you want. You could either choose a U.S. English accent or a British accent assistant. It can also update your social status like Twitter, Facebook as well as Foursquare.
Another thing that you will like about Speaktoit goes to the fact that you will receive updates and this is something that Apple hasnt done yet with Siri. Updates are important because this serves as a message that something new or something different has been added or changed and the changes that we see makes the app better than it was before.
If there is one thing that other virtual assistants could not cope up yet with Siri, it goes to the fact that Siri has a more conversational way of giving information. There are comments that definitely keep the people glued on this application.
It is refreshing to see that there is another app that will not only give the help that you need. What people are looking for these days are alternative services and having more than one type of Siri in your iPhone is something that iPhone users would love to have. A lot of Android users have tried downloading Speaktoit and up until now, this application works best to a lot of people. Of course, in order for you to enjoy Speaktoit and just like Siri, you need to have good data connection so that your conversation with these virtual assistants is seamless.
