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Published inDec 2016
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Siddique Hameed
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Siddique Hameed

Siddique Hameed is a pragmatic technologist currently working on Simplify Commerce (https://simplify.com), a payment gateway platform from MasterCard. During his diverse career roles, hes been crafting software for Fortune 500 companies to startups of industry domains ranging from finance, commerce, social media, telecom, bioinformatics, publishing, and insurance. He is passionate about technology, software and their effects on day-to-day lives. He is a strong believer in open-source software culture and actively contributes to many opensource projects. On times, he speaks at technology events, meetups, and mentor contestants in hackathons. He likes teaching kids and adults in programming, technology and software development, and volunteers on coding initiatives such as Girls Who Code, Code.org, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs. In his spare time, he likes traveling, goes on long road trips, and tinker with Raspberry Pi and build DIY gadgets.
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Javeed Chida currently works as a senior software engineer for Apollo Education Group, a leader in global education. He has worked with several teams over the years developing multi-layered enterprise applications for companies spanning several industries including education, finance, medical, insurance, construction, and legal. He is passionate about Java portals and particularly enthused by the Liferay portal platform. He also has a love for clever and innovative technical documentation. Apart from periodically churning out articles as a highlighted community blogger on Liferay.com. He spends his leisure absorbed in creative writing projects, particularly classical poetry and fiction.
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New feature - adding to-do items through voice commands


Let's get ready to write some code. In the last chapter, we augmented our Today app to allow us to add to-do items through a paired handheld app. The wearable then surfaced notifications based on configured contexts.

Now, let's spice that up by adding voice interactions to the mix. We'll use the wearable app to take to-do notes through voice commands. This will involve extending the context-aware notifications feature we implemented with the ability to add to-do items using voice inputs. Furthermore, we will supply the context along with the to-do item.

For example, if we were to say "home make dinner", our wearable app will create a to-do item named Make dinner and associate it with the Home context. In the same way, if we were to say "work set up monthly review meeting", the app will create a to-do item named Set up monthly review meeting and associate it with the Work context.

A few things to keep in mind before we step through the...

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Siddique Hameed

Siddique Hameed is a pragmatic technologist currently working on Simplify Commerce (https://simplify.com), a payment gateway platform from MasterCard. During his diverse career roles, hes been crafting software for Fortune 500 companies to startups of industry domains ranging from finance, commerce, social media, telecom, bioinformatics, publishing, and insurance. He is passionate about technology, software and their effects on day-to-day lives. He is a strong believer in open-source software culture and actively contributes to many opensource projects. On times, he speaks at technology events, meetups, and mentor contestants in hackathons. He likes teaching kids and adults in programming, technology and software development, and volunteers on coding initiatives such as Girls Who Code, Code.org, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs. In his spare time, he likes traveling, goes on long road trips, and tinker with Raspberry Pi and build DIY gadgets.
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Javeed Chida

Javeed Chida currently works as a senior software engineer for Apollo Education Group, a leader in global education. He has worked with several teams over the years developing multi-layered enterprise applications for companies spanning several industries including education, finance, medical, insurance, construction, and legal. He is passionate about Java portals and particularly enthused by the Liferay portal platform. He also has a love for clever and innovative technical documentation. Apart from periodically churning out articles as a highlighted community blogger on Liferay.com. He spends his leisure absorbed in creative writing projects, particularly classical poetry and fiction.
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