Alice - Artificial Intelligence by Yandex: algorithms work, especially options, standard and optional features, taboo topics and themes.

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  • 1 The history of creating and running by Yandex Alisa online
  • 2 What Internet technology uses voice assistant - Alice
  • 3 Overview of standard and optional features
  • 4 How to install and use artificial intelligence from Yandex

The history of creating and running by Yandex Alisa online

Despite the fact that officially the assistant was introduced in October 2017, it made its debut back in May of the same year in Yandex search engine for mobile platforms. Beginning of the creation is considered to be the end of 2016 This was the development of neural networks and the first glimpses of artificial intelligence in the world. Every major IT-company already had at the time its own development in this direction. Yandex has decided not to lag behind.

Foreign competitors - Siri

What Internet technology uses voice assistant - Alice

It is important to understand that this is not just a standalone application, it is a set of systems and services that interact together. The user sees only a shell for convenient use with intuitive interface. Inside the artificial intelligence are recognition and speech synthesis, search and geolocation, and many other technologies.

In fact, the recognition mechanism is much more complicated than it seems

As the voice assistant recognizes and synthesizes speech

Running artificial intelligence Alice online. And the most important element in communication - is speech recognition. Such at Yandex is already there, and it's called SpeechKit. It allows to capture human speech, translate and understand its meaning. Depending on the result, the assistant, trained a large number of texts, phrases and expressions, is logically correct answer or action.

Chat and ask can be anything

And already at the final stage of the process response is transmitted to the mechanism of formation of speech. Assistant voice still, it is synthesized based on the real voice of the female voice actress Tatiana Shitova. That it is the voice of the popular Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson in the Russian box.

What platforms does the voice assistant

Assistant habitat is constantly expanding. In the beginning he appeared in the mobile applications and Yandex Yandex. Browser on the iOS and Android platforms. And then I moved on to Windows. At the beginning of 2018 the application Yandex. Navigator has been fully translated into control via voice assistant. In the future, the company Yandex plans to expand its scope of activities on a variety of devices and gadgets.

Weather and facts are especially popular

Overview of standard and optional features

The artificial intelligence functionality includes an extensive list of services and services in which Alice can help in many situations. Find ot the map, find out any fact, see the schedule, download and listen to music, to build a route and more.

Where and what to talk with Alice

The simplest use case - this chatter. With it, you can just talk on a variety of topics, educate, asking questions and getting answers. recognition and answers are constantly being improved algorithm, so the helper becomes smarter and more creative with new turns of speech and expression. To initiate a conversation, you simply say, "Alice, let's chat."

You can talk and anecdote

It is very convenient to ask the program where there is one or another object nearby. For example, a movie theater or a post office. Assistant via Yandex. Maps determines coordinates and shows you how to get to the desired location, call back or just learn the schedule. Alice can also ask about the weather in the coming days. Upon request she can gain information from Yandex. Weather and will give the result.

How to play with the voice assistant

Since Alice - an artificial intelligence, it is able to play in a few simple, but exciting interactive games. To start the game, enough to utter the phrase "Let's play" and specify the name of the game. The repertoire of artificial intelligence have games such as "Hangman", "Guess the Animal", "Number", "Puzzle", "I believe I do not believe", "Guess the actor", "Guess the Song", "Find the unnecessary" and "Zoology". The whole game is presented in the same format, as well as chat with Alice: ie, through voice commands and receiving replies assistant.

The conversation can acquire an unexpected turn, because the neural network is constantly learning

How to install and use artificial intelligence from Yandex

So it will look like on the iPhone interface

Now you can set assistant on three major platforms: Android, iOS, Windows. Alice for Android can be found in the Google Play Store app. It's worth noting that supports Android 4.3 version of the above. For the iPhone AppStore and need to use the version of 9 full-time store.

So it will look like interface on Android

For Windows versions of the range should be in the range from 7 to 10. Alice has its own page on the Internet - alice.yandex.ru, where you can download the official Alice from Yandex on your PC or smartphone and install.

So it will look like interface on the PC

Alice is now built into the browser and Yandex application. Simply install the application or the browser on your computer or smartphone, and Alice will be present by default it. To start talking to the assistant, just run the application and say "Hi, Alice," or click on the button with the microphone.