Alice is a virtual voice assistant developed and put into operation by Yandex. It is capable of recognizing natural speech, imitating traditional verbal contact, answering users' questions and solving a number of applied problems. Of course, many became interested in finding out the level of profitability of "Alice", because the degree of its efficiency and demand in the consumer market of the country depends on it.
Alice has found its application today in the home platform Yandex. Station”, smartphones, including“Yandex. Telephone”and cars. According to the data received from the developer himself, currently more than 8 million people use the services of this assistant bot every day, and in the first month of 2019 the number of users has already reached about 30 million.
October 10, 2017 is the official launch date of the voice assistant "Alice" on the site alice.yandex.ru in Android, iOS and Windows versions. To launch the popular Yandex browser, you must say one of the commands: "Hello, Alice" or "Listen, Alice".
general information
The Alice software product, which is a virtual assistant, is a unique development of the Yandex company, which became a real sensation for the domestic consumer market at the end of 2017. This bot-assistant is designed to make life easier for users of the most popular browser in Russia. After all, this program allows you to very seriously minimize time costs in the process of daily routine.
A couple of historical facts. The domestic leader of the segment began creating the product in 2016. And by the spring of 2017, its first testing was started. Official versions for PCs running Windows 7-10 and gadgets built on iOS and Android were launched in the fall of 2017. Now anyone can download "Alice". To do this, just go to the official Yandex website.
Features and how it works
According to users who, by their own experience, have already managed to make sure of the effectiveness of the bot-assistant "Alice", this voice assistant has a whole list of useful qualities that in the modern dynamic world can save a lot of time.
The most popular functions of this program include the following application properties:
- information about the current time and date;
- up-to-date information about the weather;
- condition on city roads (with an emphasis on traffic jams);
- data on the exchange rate;
- dubbing news information;
- indication of geographical coordinates on various maps;
- search for information on the Internet according to the specified parameters;
- work with different applications;
- control of the computer device within the minimum capabilities;
- using an assistant as an opponent in games;
- the ability to make elementary mathematical calculations;
- the simplest set of properties of intellectual intelligence allows you to use the program "Alice" even as an interlocutor (moreover, in the process of further sessions, the program begins to adapt, and communication becomes better).
A huge advantage of the voice assistant "Alice" is its easy connection. After all, a simple verbal command does not even require any effort to memorize. The phrase "Listen, Alice" allows you to launch the assistant for further dialogue in the required format. An interesting function of the bot as an interlocutor. Saying "Alice, let's chat", you can have an interesting time listening to a funny story from the assistant's arsenal.
Many users prefer to listen to news and weather forecasts from the voice assistant "Alice". After all, at this time you can not be distracted from other pressing problems. However, it is important to understand that this verbal assistant should not be considered as an independent local program, but exists exclusively in the form of a software product integrated by the developer into the applications.
How much does voice assistant Alice earn
The Alisa counter shows that on Youtube this voice assistant earns 0.553 rubles per second. This amounts to 47,818 rubles per day or 1,434,541 rubles per month. Moreover, the formation of data on the amount is carried out from the moment the channel was founded. Perhaps these figures are not as impressive as they might seem at first glance. However, the growing popularity of "Alice" in our country every year gives reason to assume an increase in the level of profitability in the future.
Interesting facts about personality
Users are often interested in information about the prototype of a voice assistant, because verbal contact implies some kind of connection with a specific person. On the part of Yandex developers, it was the head of the marketing department, Vladimir Guriev, at the stage of creating a software product, who was looking for a person who became the image of Alice.
For this, such parameters were set as a young and ironic girl, in whose voice notes of help to the owner of the smartphone are felt. It was the actress Tatyana Shitova, according to Guriev, who became the ideal prototype for "Alice". Many moviegoers may have heard her voice before in films where the characters of Scarlett Johansson were voiced, as well as OS "Samantha" in the film "She" directed by Spike Jonze.
The fact of determining the name of the voice assistant is also interesting. For this, a whole list of parameters was set to which it must correspond. The list of requirements excluded letters and common phrases that were difficult to pronounce by children. So, for example, the name Maya could not become a standard for an assistant due to the frequently used phrases "May 1" and "May 9".
In a fair competition between Yandex. Toloki ", a" portrait "of the name was formed, which took into account all the associative qualities of a girl who fit the given requirements. The name Alice turned out to be the leader of the list. Moreover, the selection procedure took place over a whole 5 months, and several tens of thousands of people took part in it. It is noteworthy that for optimal home adaptation, the developers have provided a special activation associated with the "Listen, Yandex" command, which may be relevant for families where people with the name Alice live.
