Assistant (by Speaktoit)

Assistant

Developer(s)	Speaktoit
Initial release	1 March 2011; 13 years ago (2011-03-01)
Operating system	Cross-platform: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows 8, Windows 10, Google Chrome Extension
Platform	ARM, IA-32, x86-64
Available in	11 languages
List of languages Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) English French German Italian Japanese Korean Portuguese (European and Brazilian) Russian Spanish
Type	Intelligent software assistant
License	Proprietary
Website	assistant.ai (now redirects to api.ai's website)

Assistant was an intelligent personal assistant application for mobile devices developed by Speaktoit. Originally launched in October 2011^[1] for the Android platform, Assistant was later made available on iOS and Windows Phones. Assistant used natural language processing and speech recognition to interact with its users and was able to have clarifying conversations.

The New York Times recognized Assistant as one of the top 10 Android Apps of 2011.^[2]

Assistant was discontinued on December 15, 2016. All web links to the app now redirect to api.ai's website.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Vlingo
• api.ai

References

1. Warman, Matt (13 October 2011). "Speaktoit Android App Review". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
2. Tedeschi, Bob (28 December 2011). "2011's Top 10 Apps for Android Phones". New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2011.