{"id":11152,"date":"2017-04-06T15:12:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T20:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealdaily.com\/?p=11152"},"modified":"2017-04-06T15:13:01","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T20:13:01","slug":"audrey-smarter-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/real-estate-tech\/audrey-smarter-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Audrey, the smarter assistant for everyday tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smarter, better, faster, stronger<\/h2>\n

Having a virtual assistant like Siri or Cortana comes in handy when you need to send a quick message, play your favorite song, or check the time.<\/p>\n

Read also: LG unveils their smart fridge, now complete with Amazon\u2019s Alexa assistant<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n

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\nOn the other hand, think about all the times you\u2019ve had to tap those assistants off, to get what you need manually because the AI assistant didn\u2019t understand what you were asking \u2013 more than once, right?<\/p>\n

A New Intelligent Assistant<\/h2>\n

What if you could train your AI, instead of trying to remember which commands you need to use in order to reach the desired effect?<\/p>\n

Audrey is a new intelligent assistant that promises to do just that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s a little bit like IFTTT<\/a> meets Siri\/Cortana. When Audrey doesn\u2019t understand something you\u2019ve said or typed, you can teach it what you want it to do. If you ask it to \u201cTell John Smith I\u2019ll be late for work today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Audrey might respond, \u201cI do not understand that, would you like to teach me how to respond?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you say \u201cyes,\u201d you can then give Audrey an example of what you\u2019d like it to do. This is called a \u201ccard,\u201d similar to IFTTT\u2019s formulas.<\/p>\n

Teaching New Tricks<\/h2>\n

Audrey will ask you which service you\u2019d like to train and you\u2019ll be able to select from platforms like Slack, Uber, Twitter, and more, and tell it what to do and how to do it. For the example above, you would create the card to teach it: \u201cTell (Slack channel contact) that (text) I will be late for work today.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is made a bit clearer on the company’s site<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Once you\u2019ve made a card, Audrey can also be enhanced by going \u201csocial.\u201d When you have help creating cards, Audrey will learn what you need even faster. When you submit your card, it will also go to the \u201cintelligence lab\u201d for curation. Think of the intelligence lab, as the Audrey community hub. The intelligence lab is managed by official members of the service. (e.g. Uber intelligence lab is managed by Uber team with moderators).<\/p>\n

You can also discover new phrases and card other users have submitted in the \u201chub.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can vote for cards you find helpful with \u201c\u2665\u201d and cards that are not helpful you can click \u201cx.\u201d This will help Audrey consistently increase its knowledge every week.<\/p>\n

Automating Tasks<\/h2>\n

You can make requests with Audrey like greetings, ordering pizza, getting an Uber ride, checking flight ticket prices, or getting an update on current affairs.<\/p>\n

Audrey will fetch the information for you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can automate routine tasks, like getting coffee delivered, as well as, creating a \u201chot button\u201d phrase for commonly used commands\/tasks to save time.
\nOnce you get the hang of it, it sounds like it will be quite handy. Other intelligent assistants have been launched in the past without much success however; I think the key to Audrey\u2019s success will lie in how effectively the \u201ccommunity\u201d is able to manage the submitted cards and whether or not the most popular cards prove to be the most useful cards for the greatest number of people.<\/p>\n

[clickToTweet tweet=”Audrey could be a great way to increase productivity and go completely hands-free.” quote=”If the cards are useful, Audrey could be a great way to increase productivity and go completely hands-free in the car and on-the-go.”]<\/p>\n

Will you try Audrey?<\/p>\n

#Audrey<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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