• A.Swathi
• Dr.V.Shanthi

Virtual assistant is boon for everyone in this new era of 21st century. It has paved way for a new technology where we can ask questions to machine and can interact with Intelligent Voice Assistant as people do with humans. This new technology attracted almost whole world in many ways like smart phones, laptops, computers etc. Some of the significant Voice Assistants are like Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana, and Alexa. IVAs are becoming increasingly popular but still enthusiasm inside the people has been developing. The users requesting the climate, making notes, requesting headings, composing an instant message, requesting an address and setting a schedule and found that members were very positive to utilizing discourse interfaces. There were still some improvements in voice speech recognition and people are searching best in contextual understanding too. The basic requirements of a user is to feel free and work in relax way. Virtual assistants can do everything from answer questions, tell jokes, play music, and control items in the home such as lights, thermostats, door locks, and smart home devices. They can respond to many voice commands, send text messages, make phone calls, set up reminders.

Virtual Personal Assistant, Smart devices, intelligent voice assistant, Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana, and Alexa.

"A STUDY ON USAGE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS VIRTUAL ASSISTANT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HOME USERS IN CHENNAI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no.284-290, December-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012237.pdf

"A STUDY ON USAGE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS VIRTUAL ASSISTANT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HOME USERS IN CHENNAI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no. pp284-290, December-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012237.pdf