Virtual Assistants

Assistants Do
2.2. What Do People Ask of their Virtual Assistants
3.

Methodology
3.1 Intent Processing
3.2 Forms of Queries
4. State of Virtual Assistants
4.1 Open Issues
5. Industry Leaders and Startups
6. Summary

tasks or services for an individual.
Smart Speakers – is wireless

speaker and voice command device with an integrated virtual assistant and hands-free activation by “hot words”.
Voice-User Interface – interface that makes human interaction with computers possible through a voice/speech platform in order to initiate an automated service or process.
Natural Language Processing – a subfield of computer science, concerned with the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages.

character that simulates a conversation to deliver voice- or text-based

information to a user via a Web, kiosk or mobile interface. (Gartner).
Popular virtual assistants - Amazon Alexa, Apple's Siri, Google Now and Microsoft's Cortana

items to to-do lists.
Control smart home devices.
Make and receive phone

calls.
Create text messages.
Get directions.
Hear news and weather reports.
Find hotels or restaurants.
Check flight status.
Request songs.

me!”)
Infixal (“Set a Fitness Time workout for me, please!”).
Suffixal (“Adjust

some workout in Fitness Time”).

CPU
Security - virtual assistants are always on, and listen

to everything.
Increasing Area of Using – healthcare, cars, etc.

tasks or services for an individual.
There are many virtual assistants

around - Amazon Alexa, Apple's Siri, Google Now and Microsoft's Cortana
Virtual assistants are on Peak on Inflated Expectations on Gartner Hype Cycle, and will be on Plateau of Productivity in 2 – 3 years in future.

a blueprint for the virtual assistant of the future.
Web-based

environment for user generation of spoken dialog for virtual assistants.
Voice-controlled virtual assistants for the older people with visual impairment.
https://www.discovertec.com/blog/the-power-of-voice-activated-virtual-assistants
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/263/5/052022/pdf
https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/how-to-create-virtual-assistant-apps-like-siri-and-google-assistant
https://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/opinion/How-virtual-assistant-technology-will-affect-the-enterprise