- What's up guys, David here,
and today we're checking out Hound.
The all new voice assistant from the makers of Sound Hound,
and specifically we're looking at 10 things
that Hound can do
that both Google Now and Siri currently can't.
But before we get into it,
I want to give a quick shout out
to a new documentary called,
In Search of the Most Dangerous Town on the Internet.
Presented by Norton Security,
which is a company that makes trustworthy software
for internet security.
I just watched the documentary,
it's only about 15 minutes long,
and it's actually really interesting.
It's about a city in Romania that's been dubbed hackerville
where a lot of the bigger hackers come from,
and it kind of goes through their stories,
why they became hackers,
and what they think about the future
and security of the internet.
Like for example, that more than 80%
of servers and websites are currently vulnerable.
So, if you're into technology or if you use the internet
it's definitely a documentary that I recommend checking out.
That you can actually watch right here on YouTube
by clicking on this annotation,
or on that first link down below in the description.
Alright, let's go ahead and get right into it.
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Alright, so, right off the bat,
I want to let you guys know that Hound is still in Beta,
so you can't really expect it to go toe-to-toe
with Google Now or Siri just yet,
but even at this early stage it can
do some pretty incredible things
with using just your voice
that the other two voice assistants can't.
So, that's what we're going to be focusing on in this video.
So, for example, let's say you're looking for a hotel
with Hound you can get really specific
giving it a bunch of parameters to go off of.
Okay Hound.
Show me hotels in Las Vegas that are on the Strip,
cost less than $200 a night
and have over a four star rating
on March first through March fifth.
- [Voiceover] Showing results with availability
with more than four stars near Las Vegas strip
for Tuesday March first, staying for four nights
for a maximum of $200US per night.
- If you want to further refine your results
you can Hound's contextual capabilities
by following up with,
okay, Hound.
Don't show me hotels without free wifi
and sort it by lowest price.
- [Voiceover] Okay, showing 10 results sorted
by lowest price that provide free wifi.
- As you can see the results were further refined
and even sorted by lowest price without us having to ask
the initial question all over again.
You can also ask Hound multiple questions at the same time,
instead of having to do these followups.
So, okay, Hound.
What is the stock price for Apple and Google and Microsoft,
and what is the market cap for Blackberry?
- [Voiceover] The stock price is $124.64 US for Apple,
$521.59 US for Google,
and $44.42 US for Microsoft.
The market cap for Blackberry is $4.54 billion.
- And you get all four answers at once
without having to back and forth individually,
and you can do the same thing with food,
so you can get the total calories for a meal
without having to ask for each individual ingredient
and adding them all up.
Instead you can ask for them all at once
and let Hound do the math.
So, okay Hound.
How many calories in 18 strawberries, two bananas,
one orange, one mango, and one cup of vanilla ice cream?
- [Voiceover] There are 827 calories
in 18 medium raw strawberries, two medium raw bananas,
one raw orange, one raw mango, and one four-ounce cup
of vanilla low-carbohydrate regular ice cream.
- Another example is,
what are the best restaurants
that are closest to me that are cheap?
- [Voiceover] Here are several restaurants
with more than three stars sorted rating,
then by lowest price.
- And Hound filters the results
by first the best rated restaurants
and then sorts them by distance and price,
prioritized by the order in which I asked for them.
Hound also has a mortgage calculator built in,
so, okay Hound.
What is the monthly payment on a $300,000 house
with $60,000 down, 5% interest, and a 30-year term?
- [Voiceover] Your monthly mortgage payment is $1,288.37.
- And again, you can follow up with,
what if I put down 10%?
- [Voiceover] Okay, using a down payment
of 10% your monthly mortgage payment is $1,449.42.
- And you get your new answer.
So, while a cool question I wasn't able
to get either Google Now or Siri to answer
was exactly how many days old I am.
So, okay Hound.
How many days has it been since April 26, uhth,
(phone chiming) 1989.
- [Voiceover] There were 65 days since April 26th.
- Alright let's try that again.
How many days since April 26th, 1989.
- [Voiceover] There were 9,561 days since April 26th, 1989.
- Now, that was a pretty simple question,
but Hound can do way more complex ones like,
when will the sun set 12 days before Christmas in Seattle?
- [Voiceover] Sunset in Seattle will be
at 4:17pm on Sunday, December 13, 2015.
- Pretty cool, right?
But maybe even cooler is being able to play a game
with your voice assistant.
So, okay Hound.
Let's play Hangman.
- [Voiceover] Hangman, guess your first letter.
For example, you can say H, or H as in house.
- [David] A.
- [Voiceover] There are no A's, try again.
- E.
- [Voiceover] There are no E's, try again.
- Oh my gosh.
I.
- [Voiceover] Sorry, that's not the word, try again.
(chuckling)
- Okay, I said I.
I as in intelligent.
- [Voiceover] There are no I's.
- Ah! - [Voiceover] Try again.
- O.
- [Voiceover] There is one O.
- Finally.
L.
- [Voiceover] There are no L's,
try again. - [David] Damn it.
R.
- [Voiceover] There are no R's.
- Damn it. - [Voiceover] Try again.
- Alright, I think I got one more shot.
Yeah, one more guess remaining.
I'm a go with S.
Not sure but,
S as in Sally.
- [Voiceover] There is one S.
- Alright, that's what I thought.
P as in
pie.
- [Voiceover] I didn't understand
what you said. - [David] Damn it.
- [Voiceover] Please guess a letter or a word,
or say quit.
- [David] No, I'll never quit.
P as in pie.
- [Voiceover] There is one P.
- Alright!
M as in Mary.
- [Voiceover] There is one M.
You spelled the whole word.
You win. (chuckling)
- Alright, so, that is pretty much it for me
in this video on Hound.
Obviously, like I said before,
it's not at the same level as Google Now or Siri just yet.
It's in Beta, maybe in a couple years,
or maybe if Google ends up buying this
we'll see it in Google Now.
That's kind of what I'm hoping for,
but anyways that is pretty much it for me in this video.
If you liked it, give it a big thumbs up to show your love,
and as always I'll see you guys in the very next episode.