Evi Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Voice Answer is an interesting solution for those that don't have Siri

by Mel Martin (Apr 19th, 2012)

Siri is very clever, and has had a significant impact on how iPhone users interact with the world of information. The problem is, Siri is iPhone 4S only, and even the new iPad has only voice dictation. We've looked at Evi, which is a third-party solution, but it's had some reliability issues ...

Will Apple pull a Siri competitor from the app store?

by Mel Martin (Feb 27th, 2012)

It might. Evi, a Siri knock-off, has apparently turned some heads at Apple. I took a look at Evi a few weeks ago. After a rocky start with overloaded servers, the app settled down and has gotten more reliable, but still has a lot of bad reviews in the App Store. Evi is attractive because unlike ...

A second look (and listen) to Evi voice recognition for iPhone

by Mel Martin (Feb 7th, 2012)

Evi is the sort-of Siri clone. The $0.99 iPhone app is aimed mainly at people who don't have an iPhone 4S and want a Siri-like voice control experience. When I tried Evi some weeks ago it was a complete disaster. In a week of testing I could not connect once because of server issues. The developers ...

Siri clone Evi is off to a very bad start

by Mel Martin (Jan 24th, 2012)

Siri has been a big hit for Apple, but as we all know, it runs only on an iPhone 4S. I've been expecting some Siri knock-offs to appear, and now one has that can be used on any iPhone and even the iPad if you don't mind not seeing it full screen. The app is called Evi by True Knowledge. It's ...