Re: I thought the same thing
>I was never quite sure what it was supposed to be for.
For fast creation of intelliagent interfaces - a rudimentary Siri/Cortana/Alexa. Though basic it was fantastic for elearning and humanizing tech for neophytes - a few attempts to nail it to ALICE were actually quite impressive........Really great bit of forward thinking tech when MS did innovative UI stuff that was interesting to see what would happen.
I wouldn't underestimate its influence on spoken interface [the investment at Apple in particular but Amazon also right now is no joke] - plenty of MSA veterans involved in those projects.
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