Braina

Braina
Developer(s)Brainasoft
Operating systemWindows
Available inEnglish
Type
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.brainasoft.com/braina/

Braina is a virtual assistant[1][2] and speech-to-text dictation[3] application for Microsoft Windows developed by Brainasoft.[4] Braina uses natural language interface,[5] speech synthesis, and speech recognition technology[6] to interact with its users and allows them to use natural language sentences to perform various tasks on a computer. The name Braina is a short form of "Brain Artificial".[7][8]

Braina is marketed as a Microsoft Copilot alternative.[9] It provides a voice interface for several locally run[10] and cloud large language models, including GPT-4o, Gemini 1.5 Pro, Anthropic's Claude Sonnet and Opus, Meta's Llama 3, and Mistral, while attempting to improve data privacy.[7] Braina also allows responses from its in-house large language models like Braina Swift and Braina Pinnacle.[11] It has an "Artificial Brain"[7] feature that provides persistent memory support for supported LLMs.[12]

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  2. ^ Igor Bošnjak; Luka Šaravanja; Eva Čuljak; Željko Stojkić (2021). "Planning and implementation of Digital Assistance System at University of Mostar Learning Factory". 11th Conference on Learning Factories, CLF2021 (2021). SSRN: 3–4. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3858378. S2CID 242604709.
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  4. ^ Mark Pickavance (21 April 2022). "Braina Pro review". Future plc. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  5. ^ Vladimir A. Fomichov; Alexander A. Razorenov (2014). "The Design of A Natural Language Interface for File System Operations on the basis of a Structured Meanings Model". Procedia Computer Science. 31 (2014). Elsevier: 1005–1011. doi:10.1016/j.procs.2014.05.353.
  6. ^ "Braina Speech Recognition Software". Braina. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  7. ^ a b c Robert Ciesla (14 January 2024). The Current Era of Chatbots, From ELIZA to ChatGPT. Springer Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-51004-5_4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  8. ^ "Braina Homepage". Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  9. ^ "Microsoft Copilot Alternative for PC". Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  10. ^ "Run LLM locally on PC". Retrieved 2024-07-31.
  11. ^ "ChatGPT for PC". Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  12. ^ "Persistent Memory for LLM – Personal AI". Retrieved 2024-01-28.