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Discovering the Digital Virtual Assistant

By Steven Brough



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Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 6

1 | Boosting Siri's Abilities with A Human VA ....................................................................7

Task and Time Organization .......................................................................................................... 7

Contacts and Conversations .......................................................................................................... 8

Design, Creation, and Upkeep ........................................................................................................ 8

2 | How Microsoft's Cortana Meets Some VA ................................................................ 10

What Can Cortana Do for a Professional Business Person? .............................................. 10

What Tasks Require Human Virtual Assistant Help?........................................................... 10

3 | The Teneo Platform: Taking Digital VA To The Next Level ................................ 12

What makes Teneo more powerful than other voice-recognition assistants? .............. 12

4 | Denise: A Digital VA That Offers A Personal Touch .............................................. 15

What Gives Denise That Personal Touch? .............................................................................. 15

Denise vs. Human Virtual Assistant .......................................................................................... 16

5 | Virtual Assistance Options for Work, Home & Everywhere .............................. 18

What Is a Digital Virtual Assistant?? ......................................................................................... 18

Facebook's M ................................................................................................................................... 18

Google's Google Now ..................................................................................................................... 19

Amazon's Echo ................................................................................................................................ 19

Sirius ................................................................................................................................................... 19

6 | What Can Siri Do for You? ................................................................................................ 21

What is Siri? ...................................................................................................................................... 21

A Simple Description ...................................................................................................................... 21

A Brief History ................................................................................................................................. 22

Dialects, Accents, and Languages .............................................................................................. 22

Services that Siri Leverages.......................................................................................................... 23

7 | Using Siri For Business Purposes ................................................................................... 24



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Help with Multitasking .................................................................................................................. 24

Capture Great Ideas ....................................................................................................................... 24

Managing Your Time Wisely ....................................................................................................... 25

Web Browsing Made Quicker Than Ever ................................................................................. 25

8 | Top Ten Things You Can Do with Siri ........................................................................... 26

9 | How Siri Can Save You Time and Make You More Productive ......................... 29

Accessing Your Phone's Features ............................................................................................... 29

Finding Information and Conducting Research ..................................................................... 29

Updating Your Contacts ............................................................................................................... 30

10 | How Siri Can Save You Money and Help You Manage Your Finances ........ 31

Don't Pay ATM Fees ....................................................................................................................... 31

Bill Payment Reminders ................................................................................................................ 31

Save on Gas and Food ................................................................................................................... 32

Playing the Stock Market ............................................................................................................. 32

Saving on the Weekends ............................................................................................................... 32



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Introduction

Digital Virtual Assistants, such as Apple's Siri and Window's Cortana, help

professionals organize their lives, reduce stress and improve productivity. Although

these helpful and versatile programs can assist with many everyday business tasks,

they lack the critical thinking and flexibility that human Virtual Assistants offer.

These chapters explore various digital options and how they compare to freelance

assistance.



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1. Boosting Siri's Abilities with A Human VA (https://www.apple.com/in/ios/siri/) Apple's Siri turns a smartphone into a personal

assistant that can help business professionals remember appointments, manage

goals and a to-do list, make reservations and travel arrangements and find the

perfect place to eat lunch with an out-of-town client. With the virtual omnipresence

of iPhones and other mobile devices, an increasing number of business people rely

on this automated system to manage both company and personal matters. While

Siri's benefits are many, they fall short of the type of service a human Virtual

Assistant can provide.

Task and Time Organization

With a few words, Siri will schedule and remind people of meetings, business

lunches, and other deadlines. To-do lists, goal sheets and other organizational and

motivational apps work in concert to provide a clear picture of what must be done

every day. If a phone is turned on, Siri informs the owner of every step.

While this takes the problems of poor memory and disorganization away from

having a successful day, a human Virtual Assistant can offer more customization

regarding things that Siri may not know. For one thing, Apple's iPhone helper only

knows what the person using it tells it or what can be found online. It will not

understand that information gathered at a 2PM meeting may change the need for a

5PM business dinner. An actual person hired to help keep track of appointments can

make abstract decisions about the best schedule.

https://www.apple.com/in/ios/siri/

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