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Ziggy app arrives on Windows Phone 7 to take on Siri

Getting Ziggy with it – Windows Phone 7 gets Siri-ous with this new virtual assistant app

It has been proven time and time again that where Apple goes, everyone else eventually follows. And with the arrival of Siri, we’ve seen the inevitable copycats from the likes of Siri for Android (which has now been pulled from the Marketplace), Cluzee and the purportedly soon-to-be-official Majel app from Google, which promises to provide a worthy alternative to Apple’s virtual assistant. Next in line is Ziggy – a free speech recognition app for Windows Phone 7 users. 

Available to download from the Marketplace now, Ziggy works using the same Nuance voice recognition tech that powers Siri. This makes it ideal for searches, phone calls, composing texts, status updates and emails. It can also answer all kinds of questions, from weather inquiries and trivia to mathematical sums and pop culture references. 

Take a look at WPCentral’s video below, which shows the Ziggy app responding to a handful of commands and questions. Just like Siri, it’s far from perfect and interestingly seems to stumble over similar hurdles. Have we finally found a viable Siri alternative? We’ll let you be the judge of that.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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