• Ashim Jana
• Dr. Harshali Patil

Voice portals and Voice based internet access gives users access to the web through the Human Voice over a mobile or home phone anytime, from anywhere using rapidly evolving speech recognition technology. The objective of this research paper is to describe the various technology factors that are making voice portal and virtual assistants the next big opportunity on the web, as well as the various approaches service providers and developers of virtual assistants can follow to utilize this exciting technology. Also discussing the practical application and limitations of the same. Traditionally if you have to get some information over the internet you would need a physical device like desktop, mobile phone or other capable device of some sort with an internet connection, manually go to the website or web portal and search for what you need to get result. This approach can sometimes be very inefficient as it is a little time consuming. Basically voice portal can be defined as "speech enabled access to Web based information". With rapidly increasing number of smart devices users such as smart phones, smart home assistant etc. voice portals and voice assistants have become the latest trend in broadening the reach of services for all businesses.

Virtual Assistant, Speech Recognition, Voice Commands, VUI , Google Assistant, Alexa , Siri.

"The Evolution of Voice Portal and Virtual Assistants", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no.d556-d564, June-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2106482.pdf

"The Evolution of Voice Portal and Virtual Assistants", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no. ppd556-d564, June-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2106482.pdf