It doesnt have the depth of regular virtual assistants, but its not meant to.
“It requires a lot of data, and a lot of processing power.
Fluent goes directly from speech to intent, taking your voice and converting it directly into an action.”
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What is Fluent?
Fluent is voice-control software.
“Turn out the lights,” becomes justoutandlights.
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The essential elements are stripped from a messy human sentence and turned into steps.
Its almost like programming a computer, turning a complex idea into the simplest set of instructions.
What Can It Be Used For?
Fluent can be used for anything.
The key is that it is trained for a specific situation.
Limiting the database makes everything more focused and keeps it fast.
Speed and accuracy are the whole point.
This narrow training also keeps the size of the app down.
Last year, Google provided a downloadable, offline version of its assistant.
Privacy
The other advantage of an offline voice recognition engine is privacy.
In fact, Fluent can work inside devices that never connect to the internet.
This is not only good for privacy, but also security.
Limits
Of course, there are some downsides to this model.
One is that commands cannot be added later.
Once the initial training is complete, thats it.
If you ask your watch for the weather forecast, Fluent will realize that it doesnt understand.
Can You Buy Any Fluent Devices?
The company is licensing its tech, and doing the training, for other companies.
Thanks to COVID, two major launches have been pushed back to next year.
That would be the real killer app.
Update: October 22, 10:12am.
Made changes to refer to Fluent as a voice recognition engine rather than a voice assistant.
