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Voice assistant- Is it a necessity – or overhyped – like Google Glass? Will it survive the test of time?<\/p>\n

If you are a fan of the Star Trek series, you’d remember this scene in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home(1986)<\/i> where Chief Engineer Scotty travels back to 1986 with the Enterprise<\/i> crew. He is given a computer and he goes like, “Hello Computer” using the mouse as his microphone. He gets surprised for not receiving a response. When given a keyboard to operate the computer with, he says “How quaint!”.<\/p>\n

I am sure if Chief Scotty travels back to 2018, he wouldn’t find our tech that “quaint”.<\/p>\n

Voice User interface (VUI)<\/b> is taking the world by storm. The Smart Audio Report<\/a><\/u> finds out, in just three years the smart speakers are “already outpacing the adoption rates of smartphones and tablets”. But before we dive into the core of the craze, let’s see what is exactly Voice User Interface.<\/p>\n

Voice User Interface<\/strong>, allows you to interact or control your devices using your voice.<\/p>\n

Gone are the days when you have to find your device and look into the screen to just know the time or book a cab. Ask your virtual assistant and you shall get your job done! This technology is truly maximising the power of multitasking.<\/p>\n

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Now let me answer the 3 burning questions related to VUI for you without any delay.<\/b><\/p>\n

Why is there a sudden uproar for Voice user interface(VUI)?<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

Humans are wired for speech. It’s a common childhood imagination of having a computer with A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)<\/b> like J.A.R.V.I.S to save the world like Iron man or have it just as our friend.<\/p>\n

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So, this concept was not only well established in our imaginations but was way ahead being tried and tested in the research world.<\/p>\n

With this comes the next question.<\/p>\n

If this idea came to us long time ago,\u00a0what took us so long to bring it into existence?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Developing a VUI<\/strong><\/a> is like building a personality for a novel’s character.\u00a0Similarly, a machine has to be provided with data and the power to process it to build a personality. This is being given to the machines in the form of cloud computing, data mining and machine learning.<\/p>\n

You can also check this amazing video below which shows an experiment performed in Michigan University called “Donald Sherman orders a pizza using a talking computer, Dec 4, 1974” where a pizza is ordered from Mr.Mike’s using a computer.<\/p>\n