Hound

Hound


What is Hound?

Hound is a mobile voice interface, downloadable as an app, which gives users the ability to speak naturally and get fast and deep results to what you ask for, such as looking up the weather, put a phone call, sending a text message, finding a hotel that matches your detailed criteria, navigating to an address, checking the stock market, searching and playing music, and even playing interactive games.

Revolutionizing Speech-to-Meaning

Hound takes speed and accuracy to a whole new level by combining Speech Recognition and Language Understanding. Just recognizing words isn’t good enough, so Hound does language understanding at the same time. This Speech-to-Meaning capability makes Hound the new way to Search and do things faster without typing.

Speak Naturally

Hound understands both context and details. You can follow up to refine your results, or you can say precisely what you want all at once.

While we’re constantly working to expand this list, here are the types of searches you can currently perform:

Address Book – Get contact information.
Calculator – Get instant answers to simple and complicated math questions.
Currency Converter – Convert dollars to Euros, Pesos to Yen.
Date and Time – Get current time across the globe. Find out how far away Christmas is.
Dictionary – Get definitions. Double-check your spelling. Find synonyms.
Flight Status – Check if your flight’s on time. See how long a flight is.
Games – Play hangman. Try your luck with Blackjack.
Geography – Search country sizes and populations.
Hotels – Search for nearby hotels. includ ea price limit. Specify a distance radius.
Images– Find pictures across the web.
Local – Find a restaurant. Find a barber. Exclude results with low ratings.
Maps and Points of Interest – Search distances between two points. Locate yourself on a map.
Mortgage Calculator – Specify down payments and interest rates .
Navigation – Get step-by-step directions. See travel times.
News – Get the latest scoop on current events and topics.
Nutrition – See how many calories are in your meal.
Phone – Dial a number. Call a friend.
Stocks – See current stock prices.
Text – Send messages with your voice. Speak emojis to life.
Tip Calculator– Split a bill 4 ways. Factor in different percentages of gratuity.
Translation – Learn “Good morning” in any language.
Unit Converter – Convert pounds to kilograms, teaspoons to tablespoons.
Videos – Search online video content.
Weather – Get the hourly forecast . See the temperature in Paris. Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius.
Web Search – Search for tons of information across the web.
Wikipedia – Search across the entire Wikipedia database.

Changing the Voice in Hound

If you’d like to change the voice associated with Hound, you can download other Text to Speech apps in the Apple App Store or Google Play store.

After downloading, select it as your preferred engine in your device’s settings.

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