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BlackBerry tooks the wraps off BlackBerry Assistant today, which aims to provide voice actions for just about everything you could want to do with your phone. We've caught glimpses of Assistant through leaked BlackBerry 10.3 builds, and we suspect the whole affair is powered by Waterloo local Maluuba.
Full story from the Crackberry Blog...
For people who prefer the forums...
More information on what the assistant can do can be found on the official website of the developer:
Natural Language Processing Technology | Maluuba
Examples of what you can ask:
"How's the weather?" "What's the forecast for this weekend?"
"How's the weather in Sao Paulo going to be on Saturday?"
"When is sunrise tomorrow?"
"Do I need a sweater today?"
"What's the wind chill factor in Chicago right now?"
"Read my last email from Annie"
"Do I have any new emails about the quarterly budget?"
"Forward this email"
"Email Joseph, Karla, and Greg and let them know I'm running late."
"Send Megan a short email and blind carbon copy Joseph. Subject: Dinner tonight."
"What emails did I get today?"
"Send a BBM message"
"Read my last BBM from Tanya"
"Do I have any new BBM messages about tonight's plans?"
"Reply to that BBM message"
"BBM Jake and let him know I'm running late"
"Shoot Meredith a BBM, I'm on my way."
"Send a text"
"Read my last text from Melissa."
"Do I have any new text messages about shopping?"
"Reply to that SMS message"
"Text Joseph, Karla, and Greg and let them know I'm running late."
"Shoot Trudy an SMS message, where are we meeting tonight?"
"Play Violet Hill by Coldplay"
"Play some Adele"
"Play U2's greatest hits album?"
"Next track"
"Who sings this?"
"Shuffle my Jay-Z tracks"
"Dial 519-555-0199"
"Call Justin from BlackBerry"
"Call Neman at home"
"Redial"
"Do I have any missed calls?"
"Phone my voicemail"
"How many people live in Canada?"
"What's the square root of 36?"
"What time is it in London England?"
"Who is Albert Einstein?"
"Tell me about Australia"
"How many millimeters are in an inch?"
"Set up a meeting for March 1st at 2:30 PM with Jake and Tanya"
"What does my day look like today?"
"Schedule a team lunch for next Monday"
"Set up an interview with Greg Hislop in the north conference room"
"Add Mark to next Friday's marketing meeting"
"Move my doctor's appointment to 2:00 PM"
"Remind me to take out the trash in an hour"
"Remind me to call Karla tomorrow at 4 PM"
"What reminders do I have today?"
"Note to self pick up milk"
"Create a new task to go for an oil change this weekend"
"New task to buy mom's birthday gift by January 19th"
"Set an alarm for weekdays at 6:45 AM"
"Wake me up in 90 minutes"
"Set a weekend alarm for 9"
"Set the alarm for Tuesday and Wednesday at 4:00 PM"
"Turn off my 9 AM alarm"
"Move my alarm from 5:00 PM to 5:15 PM"
"Show me a map of Ottawa"
"Where is the nearest coffee shop?"
"Give me directions to the airport"
"Where am I?"
"How do I get to the Museum Of Modern Art?"
"Take me home"
"Search for Blu-Ray DVDs on Amazon"
"Bing search things to do in Paris"
"Watch a cat video on YouTube"
"Find the budget report in my documents"
"Search for global warming on Wikipedia"
"Find the best eggs benedict recipe on Epicurious"
"Check Facebook"
"Update Facebook status to Having a great day!"
"Read my last Facebook message from Tanya"
"Do I have any new Facebook messages about Jake's party this weekend?"
"Reply to that Facebook message"
"Send a Facebook message to Joseph, Meredith, and Greg and let them know I'm running late"
"What's trending on Twitter?"
"Tweet Just saw the coolest cat!"
"Read my last Twitter direct message from Karla"
"Do I have any new Twitter messages about Greg's party this weekend?"
"Reply to that Twitter direct message"
"Send a Twitter direct message to Annie and let her know I'm running late"
"Check in"
"Check in on Foursquare"
"Check LinkedIn"
"Update my LinkedIn status to Exciting things happening at the office!"
"Read my last LinkedIn message from Karla"
"Do I have any new LinkedIn messages about my upcoming interview?"
"Reply to that LinkedIn message"
"Send a LinkedIn direct message to Jake, Tanya, and Joseph and let them know I'm running late"
"Turn on Bluetooth"
"Open Docs To Go"
"Play Angry Birds"
"Turn on Flashlight"
"Launch BlackBerry Hub"
"Open blackberry.com"
"All alerts off please"
"Find the closest gas station"
"Where is Best Buy?"
"I feel like having a burger"
"Where can I find a good cup of coffee?"
"Find italian restaurants nearby"
"Show me hotels nearby"
List of supported commands
ALARM_BY_TIME ALARM_MOVE ALARM_CANCEL ALARM_CANCEL_ALL_ALARMS
APPLICATION_LAUNCH APPLICATION_BROWSER APPLICATION_PHONE_SETTINGS
CALENDAR_CREATE_EVENT CALENDAR_MODIFY_EVENT CALENDAR_REMOVE_EVENT CALENDAR_SEARCH
CALL CALL_CALLING CALL_CHECK_MISSED CALL_RESPOND_MISSED CALL_ACCEPT_INCOMING CALL_REJECT_INCOMING CALL_VOICEMAIL CALL_REDIAL CONTACT_ADD CONTACT_FIND_FIELD CONTACT_LABEL
ENTERTAINMENT_MOVIE ENTERTAINMENT_EVENT ENTERTAINMENT_AMBIGUOUS
HELP_HELP
KNOWLEDGE_QUERY wolfram_alpha
MESSAGING_SEND_EMAIL EmailPage MESSAGING_SEND_BBM MESSAGING_SEND_TEXT MESSAGING_SEND_FACEBOOK MESSAGING_SEND_DEFAULT MESSAGING_READ_QUERY_SENDER MESSAGING_READ_READ MESSAGING_READ_SEARCH MESSAGING_READ_REPLY MESSAGING_READ_REPLYALL MESSAGING_READ_FORWARD MESSAGING_READ_RESUME MESSAGING_READ_MARK_UNREAD MESSAGING_READ_FLAG_FOLLOWUP MESSAGING_READ_FILE MESSAGING_READ_DELETE MESSAGING_READ_LIST_RECIPIENTS MESSAGING_READ_CALL_BACK MESSAGING_READ_GO_TO_NEXT
MUSIC_PLAY MUSIC_RESUME MUSIC_PAUSE MUSIC_NEXT_TRACK MUSIC_PREVIOUS_TRACK MUSIC_INFO MUSIC_SHUFFLE
NOTE_SET NOTE_QUERY REMINDER_SET REMINDER_QUERY
web_search SEARCH_AMAZON SEARCH_BING SEARCH_DEFAULT SEARCH_EBAY SEARCH_GOOGLE SEARCH_RECIPES SEARCH_WIKIPEDIA SEARCH_YOUTUBE SEARCH_IMAGE SEARCH_FILE
SOCIAL_FACEBOOK_SHOW_PHOTOS SOCIAL_FACEBOOK_WRITE_ON_WALL SOCIAL_FACEBOOK_SHOW_WALL SOCIAL_FACEBOOK_SHOW_NEWSFEED SOCIAL_TWITTER_MESSAGE SOCIAL_TWITTER_TWEET SOCIAL_TWITTER_SHOW_TRENDING SOCIAL_TWITTER_SHOW_FOLLOWER SocialPage SOCIAL_FOURSQUARE_CHECK_IN SOCIAL_FOURSQUARE_SHOW_CHECKINS SOCIAL_LINKEDIN_MESSAGE SOCIAL_LINKEDIN_UPDATE
SPORTS_STANDING SPORTS_SCORE SPORTS_SCHEDULE SPORTS_TEAM_INFO SPORTS_PLAYER_INFO
Navigation NAVIGATION_MAP NAVIGATION_ON_MAP NAVIGATION_ROUTE NAVIGATION_ROUTE_FROM_X_TO_Y
SHOPPING_DEFAULT SHOPPING_ONLINE_SHOPPING SHOPPING_LOCAL_SHOPPING SHOPPING_RESTAURANTS SHOPPING_RESERVATION
PLACES_SEARCH_RESTAURANTS PLACES_SEARCH PLACES_SEARCH_RESERVATION
WEATHER_STATUS WEATHER_DETAILS WEATHER_SUNRISE WEATHER_SUNSET
I've read some of these articles and posts but am a little confused. Is the 10.3 with the new assistant available now? Has 10.3 been "officially" released for the Z10? It looks good.....looking forward to using.
Not available now, it's just a heads up and unveiling of what we will have later this year in the 10.3 and 10.3.1 release
Posted via CB10
This should have been an original feature on BB10. I am glad it will be coming soon!
Unfortunately a lot of things in 10.3 should have been on 10.0. But, you win some, you lose some...and sometimes winning just comes a little later than you wanted.
Posted via CB10
Only thing missing is the nick-name ;)
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