Siri's Cousin Nina For iOS & Android

Like Apple's virtual assistant Siri, Nina is going to be launched later this year. It is the similar technology to third-party iOS and Android apps. Nina will let any iOS or Android developers add voice capabilities into their app by simply using Nuance's Software Development Kit (SDK) who is also behind Siri's power.

According to Mashable, Nina takes natural-language understanding and it provides a way for a developer to add that into an app. This information has been given by Robert Weideman, executive vice president of Nuance's enterprise division.

Nina brings Siri's voice recognition and natural language comprehension capabilities to any app, while adding an extra layer of security. Unlike Siri, that understands and obeys anyone's voice commands, Nina can be configured to restrict itself to only commands issued by a specific user. This extra level of biometric security will be especially appreciated by developers of financial applications, and other apps that need to limit access to a specific user.