Ask Jeeves Voice Service
The Ask Jeeves Voice Service is 1997's response to the current trend of voice services such as Alexa and Google Home.
Jeeves is always listening. But fear not, since Jeeves is used to 56kbps internet, it's faster to process the voice commands locally. That means no recording of you asking a small computer dumb questions is ever sent over the internet. The down side is that Jeeves has to guess all the responses. Simply say "Wake up, Jeeves" to activate what the technology of 1997 has to offer. When Jeeves has answered all your questions, performed all your tasks, or just adequately frustrated you, simply say "Go to sleep", and Jeeves will take a nap until he is needed again.
| Wake up, Jeeves | The command to wake Jeeves up from his nap. |
| Go to sleep | The command to put Jeeves back to sleep. |
| What is the weather today? | Jeeves will do his best to tell you the current weather conditions. |
| What time is it? | Jeeves will try to tell you the current time. |
| What is today's date? | Jeeves will tell you the current date and year. Most likely he will still think it's 1997... |
| Set a timer for ___ | Sets a timer for the specified time or duration. Just a word of warning, although Jeeves sets the timer, he usually forgets to notify you when the timer has elapsed. |
| Add ___ to my shopping list | Jeeves will add any item to your current shopping list. Just make sure the item was invented prior to 1997. |
| What's on my shopping list? | Jeeves will read you back your shopping list with the accuracy you'd pretty much expect by now. |
| What's on my calendar? | Jeeves will attempt to remember what you have planned for the day. |
| Play a song | Jeeves will play a song out of his expansive music library including "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley and that's it. |
| Play a movie quote | Jeeves is a huge cinephile. Ask him to play a movie quote and he'll respond with his favorite lines from films released prior to 1997. |
| What is ___ | Jeeves will give it the old college try answering your question. |
| Search for ___ | Lookup ___ | Jeeves will use his built-in modem to connect to the interwebs and search for anything you can think of. Make sure he is in a good mood before asking though, connecting to the internet takes a lot out of him. |
| Thanks | Thank you | Make sure to occasionally thank Jeeves for his efforts. He tries... |
| Kill yourself | When you've had enough, simply command Jeeves to kill himself, and he'll begin his overly complicated shutdown process. |
There are also some easter eggs built in. Use Jeeves frequently to find them all!