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Siri Competitor Evi Arrives, But Already Overloaded

Posted by timothy on from the but-how-much-does-evi-resemble-microsoft-bob? dept.

mikejuk writes "Evi, a new rival to Siri, Apple's voice-driven personal assistant, has made its debut on both the iPhone and Android. And people are so keen to that Evi's servers are overloaded — so be prepared for a wait for answers." The app costs 99 cents for iOS users, but it's free on Android.

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  1. Just tried it by Gumbercules!! · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Just grabbed it from Android market. Tried 3 searches:
    1. "Petrol near me" - success - found a petrol station near by, correctly.
    2. "Weather today" - failure - said weather coming soon, in the meantime, try accuWeather.
    3. "Who is the Prime Minister of Australia" - success - Julia Gillard.


    The speech to text was flawless, even on the 3rd one.

    Still a gimmick I can't see any real use for. I can Google Voice search on my phone already and I never use it. Maybe there's something else you can do with these things I haven't thought of but for me it seems like Siri it pointless and Evi more so.