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SoundHound is best known for its music recognition app, which listens to songs and identifies them, in the same vein as Shazam. But for the last nine years, the company has been working on a virtual assistant to rival Siri, Google Now, and Cortana. That app, called Hound, on Tuesday emerged from private beta on
iOS and Android with data from 150 sources, including Yelp and Uber.</p><p>
How it works: Open the app and either tap the microphone to ask Hound a question or just say, “OK Hound.” Then speak naturally. Hound serves up basic information like weather forecasts and what businesses are nearby, but can also tell you how far away the nearest Uber is and how much the price is surging by, calculate a mortgage for you, and tell you what hotel room rates at a pet-friendly resort with a gym will be months down the line. The answers come with lightning quickness, faster than any voice assistant I’ve ever encountered. You can ask follow-up questions to further narrow results:</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3039302/ios-apps/meet-hound-a-hands-free-virtual-assistant-thats-smarter-and-faster-than-siri.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Meet Hound, a hands-free virtual assistant that's smarter and faster than Siri
