FUTURE WEBOTICS

Have a conversation with your computer, phone or home.

Hello and welcome to Future Webotics. Your own personal web assistant will be harvesting the data you asked it to, reminding you about important dates, sending you an alert that something is about to spoil in the fridge or even answer some of your questions before you even ask them.

In the beginning, the future web will only begin to see the potential of a personal web assistant. You will be able to speak to it through your phone as this will be the main way to communicate to your own personal agent. Many homes are already set up with a computer assistant. The future is here. You will be able to not just ask intelligent questions to your web agent, it will learn you as it goes. It will soon be able to talk back with more intelligence and human interaction. It will know you need that new red shirt before you do, know your size, and from which store you would prefer to but it.

Leave it to Apple to be the one to 'mainstream' something like a personal assistant. Check out the best example of this in Apple's product Siri.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Siri (pronounced /?s?ri/) is a personal assistant application for iOS. The application uses natural language processing to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to an expanding set of web services. Siri claims that the software adapts to the user's individual preferences over time and personalizes results, as well as accomplishing tasks such as making dinner reservations and reserving a cab.[1][not in citation given] Siri was originally introduced as an iOS application available in the App Store. Siri was acquired by Apple Inc. on April 28, 2010. Siri had announced that their software would be available for BlackBerry and for Android-powered phones, but all development efforts for non-Apple platforms were cancelled after Apple's purchase.[3] Siri is now an integrated part of iOS 5, and available only on the iPhone 4S, launched in October 2011. On November 8, 2011, Apple publicly announced that it had no plans to support Siri on any of its other devices.

Here is one thought/comment from a reader on http://www.engadget.com -
"Apps like Siri exist on other operating systems but none of them can hold a candle to what Apple has done with Siri. The simple fact that you can easily access it from your headset, home button, or remote without unlocking the phone is a major plus. Other apps require a phone unlock, open the app or pressing on some tiny microphone icon on the touchscreen just to get started. The phone understands and catches the meaning, and you do not have to speak like a robot to make it work. Reminders, calendars, text, email, app search, playlists, music, files, I am excited about this feature. In Beta this is awesome, looking forward to deeper integration with a navigation provider and other apps."