Almond: An Open, Privacy-Preserving Virtual Assistant
I was more impressed by this project's backbone service Thinkgpedia, a common natural language interface to different web services and internet-connected hardware. I'll definitely find use for it in future!<p>I started using Almond application for Gnome. It delivers on many fronts, but still lacks polish.<p>Some typed prompts would never get an answer. Some prompts got misinterpreted, for example "tell me a dad joke each day at 9 am" would get scheduled at 12 am. The wake word is followed by audio ping, but there should also be a visual clue.<p>Still, very cool technology. My favorite skill is "Miscellaneous Interfaces" with queries for random number, opening URL, throwing a coin...<p>I'll try to stick with this for a week, to automate some OS actions and my git work flow.