Maluuba
The explosion of alternatives to Siri has been remarkable. And, even though not all are up to the task, or support all languages , we found some applications very promising and useful One of them is Maluuba A voice assistant that, although is not very interactive , it does offer many possibilities and a great design, surpassing the appearance of many other tools.The main drawback is that she still doesn't understand Spanish, so it is advisable to know a few Basic notions of English to give him orders and let him take care of the rest.
As we say, what is surprising is its visual appearance Even more so if we take into account that, being an application for Android, brings a marked Metro style, characteristic of applications for Windows Phone 7 Thus, we have aVery colorful environment, full of straight lines. All this shown in a very fluid and efficient way, without slowdowns. But, what is really important is yourability to understandand your possibilities ofaction , issues for which he also highlights
Thus, once installed, we only have to access Maluuba and click on the icon of the microphone to make a query.Like other voice assistants, Maluuba is prepared to analyze what we say so that we can speak naturally, as if we were speaking with a human, without worrying about constructing sentences correctly Thus, a simple “I am hungry” (I'm hungry) allows Maluubaunderstand that we want to eat something and soon, so it shows nearby restaurants thanks to the help of the application Yelp
Some of the possibilities of Maluuba are: search stores and negocios with phrases like “I need a plumber” (I need a plumber). It also allows us to consult by events, search for any data that can be found by Internet, control the music player requesting a specific song or singer, search for restaurants, ask for the weather or ask how to get to an address In addition, it offers complete freedom to create alarms, reminders and timers
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And not only that. It also has a complete section social And it is that a simple order allows you to carry out acall any contact from our phonebook. Nor does he forget the social networks, being able to update the profiles of Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter with a phrase, although it is necessary to accept the use Maluuba through these tools the first time we use it. Finally, we are also given the option to dictate emails and text messages in case we cannot use our hands to do so.
All this being able to choose the search engine between Google and Bing, and with the support of Wolfram Alpha, which allows solving mathematical calculationsIn short, a complete tool that promises a lot, although it is overshadowed by the lack of interactionwith the user, and the lack of languages besides English. The good thing is that Maluuba can be downloaded and used completely free on any device Android Available via Google Play
