Amazon Alexa Hits The Browser With Echo Simulator Skill Testing Tool: Here’s How It Works

Amazon came one step ahead of its rivals in the field of AI voice assistants. The company unveiled Echosim, a website that behaves just like Amazon Echo, but runs on desktop systems.  ( Amazon ) Advertisement Amazon recently unveiled Echosim.io, a site that emulates the functionality of an Amazon Echo speaker, bringing the Alexa voice …

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Amazon builds virtual Echo in the browser to spread Alexa

A browser-based version of Amazon’s Echo speaker should make Alexa even easier to try, with Amazon hoping the hardware-free experience encourages more developers to code for the platform. Echosim.io basically recreates the Echo hardware in virtual form, powered by the very same cloud-based processing that those with the physical device get to engage with. Availability …

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Intel has acquired computer vision startup Itseez

Intel Corp. has acquired computer vision startup Itseez, Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2005 and originally known as Computer Vision Center Argus, Itseez develops computer vision algorithms and implementations for embedded and specialized hardware with software that can be used in cars, security systems and other platforms. Computer vision, if you’re not familiar …

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Apple’s Siri Now Supports Third Party Applications – Who’s Next?

A new report coming from The Information claims that Apple will be making its SDK open to all third-party application developers who want to integrate Siri into their apps. Siri is a digital assistant that only works with Apple’s native apps, something that is common across many current virtual digital assistants including Google’s Now and …

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