A voice assistant is a software agent that responds to spoken commands and questions using speech recognition and natural language processing. Examples include assistants built into phones and smart speakers.
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- A voice assistant captures spoken input, converts it to text, interprets the request, and produces a spoken or actioned response. It combines speech recognition, language understanding, and speech synthesis in a single flow.
- Voice assistants are used to control devices, answer questions, and carry out tasks such as setting reminders. Their accuracy depends on the quality of the underlying models and on handling of accents, noise, and ambiguous requests.