A siri surrogate for Windows
 

Many of you have heard us bragging about our Iphone 4s with its assistant, and how wonderful it is. A friend found a sorta similar thing for Windows. its Called Mitini.

http://www.windows7hacker.com/index....dows-for-real/

I downloaded it, and I am still playing with it, so I dont know all the details yet, but if your box is the top box. If you type into it "play music" or "play Al Green" she will. On siri for the iphone when you touch the center button, you speak to her and she follows commands like "send an email to my mom" (i will have to hook up a microphone and see how she works) I have not gotten that button to work yet. Then the bottom box is her command box, where she writes and speaks her reply to you. "adele rolling in the deep now playing" kinda deal.

Have fun playing with it.

Do they have something similar for regular Mac computers? I would really love it if my iMac had a Siri in it. It would make sending tweets a lot easier and faster if I didnt have to type them.

Plus, writing out my crochet patterns would be more fun.

I dont know about MAc, a friend passed along the PC one. You could try to google it.

The new ipad has a siri thing in it. love it! I think I will get that one.

Do they make a male assistant? I miss telling a man what to do!! :cool:

I did look it up. Apparently there's nothing out there yet that's like Siri for the regular Mac computers. There's Dragon Naturally Speaking, but from what I read it's more for using with the Mac version of Microsoft Word and not something that's integrated to work with the whole computer. (might be wrong about that)

About 10yrs ago when I was taking some computer classes, I had to do a paper on assistive technology. All I could find back then was the basic voice recognition software that came with Windows computers. (didnt have a Mac at the time and I wasnt going to spend the $700 to buy the fancy professional programs just to do a paper) I had fun trying to use my voice to show people in the class how to format a document and how to do Power Point slideshows with your voice, but it was a clunky program. Sometimes I had to either repeat what I said repeatedly, or I had to help things along with my computer mouse. My teacher was kind of impressed that I'd played with the program that much. She said she didnt realize it was that basic, or that it did as much as it did.

My dad just informed me that he's going to buy himself the iPad 3. If he's doing that, I'm going to ask him to get me an iPhone with Siri for my b-day. (my current phone is relatively new, but it's not working right, screen keeps losing power or something. Going to see if my phone carrier will let me switch)

I wish my iPad2 had a Siri in it...Apple should enable it for the iPads!

I think I am going to treat myself to that IPAD3. I waited on the ipad one when they first came out, but I am loving the upgrades. this one seems worth the money.

I read that Siri is not included in the IPAD 3..:confused: I think I'd try the Kindel Fire first. A heck of a lot cheaper.:)

the Kindle Fire is great. I have one, but I find myself using my iPad2 more often.

Nice thing about the Fire is that it's more portable, so when I go out and want to take a Kindle with me, I'll take the Fire if I know I'm going somewhere that has free wifi (I have 2 older e-ink versions too) The Fire would be better if they'd put more memory into it. Think it has 8gb, but something like 3 of those gigabytes is for the operating system. Really think Amazon should have put an SD slot into the Fire. Then it'd be perfect.

I also think Apple should have SD slots too. Wish these companies would add expandable memory. (think Asus or Acer did in their tablets...but those arent as good as iPads) At least the iPad has an attachment you can buy so you can attach camera cards to it to clear off a regular digital camera.

My dad has a huge jar of change. We're going to take it to the bank to get it counted. He's hoping he has at least $300 towards his iPad3 in that

Probably look at it in future, do like my Fire.

I just have a reg, Kindel for reading only. Been thinking about a Fire. What all can you do on a Fire, besides get books and read?:)

If you have a wifi connection, you can use it to wander around on the internet. You can play games with it. Play music (speakers arent the greatest, but it works)

A lot of the apps that are for Android phones are available for the Kindle Fire. (Amazon has their own app store). The Kindle Fire is an Android based system.

A lot of what you can do on an iPad can be done on the Kindle Fire. Not everything, since the Fire doesnt have much room on it. (8gb memory in it, but 2 or 3gb of that is for the operating system)

Almost forgot! You can watch movies on it! If you have Amazon Prime, you can watch some things for free on the Fire. You can also use the Prime membership to watch stuff for free on your computer too. The Prime membership is cool. If I buy stuff from Amazon, if it's Prime eligible, I dont have to pay shipping, and the shipping doesnt take forever.

Not sure if they're still doing it, but when I got my Fire, I got a free trial membership of Amazon Prime for a month, which really came in handy for Christmas shopping, since I did everything online this year because I was having that really annoying flare that kept me from driving and from having the energy to go shopping. I figured the trial saved me tons of money on shipping and made it worth it to buy the membership. I love to online shop from Amazon. (about to go do that in a few minutes. I need a new cover for my cellphone)

It says there is a free month of Prime.

I have wifi with my Kindel but, How do you play games on it? No games on mine. I just read books and only go online with it to go to Amazon for more books.:confused:

Is your Kindle the e-ink Kindle, or is it the Kindle Fire? (has a glass touch screen)

You can play some basic games, like solitaire, with the e-ink Kindle, but the few that I tried on my e-ink Kindles were kind of clunky and hard to play.

The Kindle Fire can play games like what you would see on the iPhone or an Android phone. (Kindle Fire is Android based) You can play things like Angry Birds or Words With Friends on the Kindle Fire.

I guess I'm behind the times, with the Kindel 3G. :rolleyes:

Me too Sal.... and mine's new. :confused:

there are a few 'personal assistants" apps for non ipad phones. The details on what it does and reviews on how well they work can be easily obtained from a google search of ratings/opinions. Just google the specific app name vs. siri to help narrow down the benefits/drawbacks. Many are free or inexpensive downloads