On Windows Phone: Ask Ziggy , not Siri!

Windows Phone 7 already has a voice recognition engine (since the beginning, in fact), but the voice interface is mostly command oriented and is accessible in specific areas of the phone, like search and the text message interface (did you know you can dictate a text message to your WP7?).

Ask Ziggy does not want to replace that, but complement it.
The app is a standalone solution which uses the Nuance speech recognition service, the same used by Siri, and accepts natural language interaction.
Some questions are directly responded by Siri in “person”, some are understood, but left to Bing or other WP7 apps to deliver.

For example “Find Mexican Restaurant” will pop the maps app, “Weather in New York City” or “AMZN Stock Value” will pop Bing with the an answer through search.

Ziggy understands multiple direct commands, like update Facebook or Twitter, can call or text your contacts, and has answers for some interesting questions, very much like Siri does – try it!

Overall we found Ziggy understanding most of our questions which is the most fun part of the app: see if it understands what we say!  

We wished the UI was cleaner and the responses faster, but overall Ziggy delivers.

For more info, check ZiggyBot.com – enjoy!