What Does a Virtual Assistant Do Best?

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Gives directions

1612 votes / 15%

Gives reminders

2246 votes / 21%

Finds a place to eat

349 votes / 3%

Helps win trivia games

579 votes / 5%

Helps cooking

179 votes / 1%

Gives advice

195 votes / 1%

Gives faux human contact

2109 votes / 20%

Helps Find CowboyNeal

2964 votes / 28%

10233 total votes.

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by Baby Duck ( 176251 ) writes: on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @02:45PM (#41153537) Homepage

They excel at not only misunderstanding you, but insist on believing they DID understand you, and waste time bringing unwanted results.

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Some clarification needed... (Score:4, Informative)

by black3d ( 1648913 ) writes: on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @03:52PM (#41155077)

A VA is a person, not the voice on your GPS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_assistant [wikipedia.org]

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