Iris personal assistant for the BigParser 2017 Summer Hackathon
Created by Braden Hoagland
Download Iris.app.zip
Unzip the file
You will be prompted with a security concern. Head to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > Open Anyway
The app is stored in the menu bar at the top of the screen. Select the eye icon to open the app
You will be prompted to allow Iris to access your contacts the first time you open the app. Allow this in order for Iris to function properly
Iris is only supported on machines running MacOS
For maximum compatibility, upgrade your machine to MacOS 10.12+
Iris currently supports automatic texting, calling, FaceTiming, and emailing for contacts individuals already in your computer contacts
Iris has personality features that allow her to respond to various conversational questions based on a grid system that tracks different combinations of keywords entered by the user and determines the appropriate response from a selection of default responses.
Introducing contact creation and expanding features to include internet searching, finding directions, and further personality development are planned for the future. Do to the highly modular nature of this application, this can be accomplished by adding only two new data instances and one new processing function per feature without altering any main blocks of existing code.