Now a days the people
are expecting the things to be happen at their finger tips. Voice assistants to
the electronic devices are making the work to be complete fast. Siri for iOS,
Cortana for Microsoft are the intelligent voice assistants which are helping
the users to operate their devices.
Google Chrome is one of
the desktop and mobile applications used by most of the people in the world. To
make this use handy, there is third party voice assistant for Google Chrome in
the Chrome Web store. âAnna assistantâ is a free extension for Google Chrome,works as a personal assistant we just need to be added to the Google Chrome browser.
Once added to the
Browser, it will ask you to click âAllowâ to use the microphone. Then we can
see the following icon on the address bar of Google Chrome.
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icon of a “Anna assistant” |
Once if we click on
that icon, by default it will be in deactivated mode. So just click on the button
it is showing in the picture to activate.
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click the button to Activate or Deactivate the “Anna” |
Once it activate we can
give the voice commands to âAnnaâ by saying the âHeyâ. That means all voice
commands should be prefixed with the word âHeyâ. For example if you want to
open Facebook, just say âHey, open Facebookâ.
If you want to know the directions from Delhi to Bangalore, just say âHey,
How to go from Delhi to Bangaloreâ. That means every voice command should start
with the word âHeyâ, then only the âAnnaâ can able to recognize the commands.
Things can do
by the âAnnaâ:
YouTube Videos: It can play YouTube videos
the maps and helps in navigation
websites: It can open any website if you ask.
can Tweet on our twitter.
with quotes.
write mails.
can search about places.
Optimization: We can search the things with the voice commands.
can know the weather at any place.
We can add this extension freely from the Google Chrome
webstore. âAnna Assistantâ is developed by an India-based company. So it can able
to recognize the Indian accent easily unlike Siri and Cortana.