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October 18, 2011 03:15 am GMT

Iris Is (Sort Of) Siri For Android

screenshot3While voice control has been part of Android since the dawn of time, Siri came along and ruined the fun with its superior search and understanding capabilities. However, an industrious team of folks from Dexetra.com, led by Narayan Babu, built a Siri-alike in just 8 hours during a hackathon.Iris allows you to search on various subjects including conversions, art, literature, history, and biology. You can ask it "What is a fish?" and it will reply with a paragraph from Wikipedia focusing on our finned friends.

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