Ernie is an SMS bot that provides information to users without needing an internet connection. Users can send questions to Ernie via SMS and Ernie will respond using its knowledge base. Ernie understands natural language questions without keywords or formatting requirements. Ernie works by utilizing APIs to access information and can learn new information over time if it's available online. The creators plan to monetize Ernie by charging a small fee for each question answered via SMS.

1. Ernie
katpadi marksteve

2. What's the weather
like in Cebu?

3. How do I get to
Buendia from
Ortigas?

4. How's traffic in
EDSA?

5. What is the
meaning of life?

6. In this day and age:
i-GOOGLE MO LANG
or even simpler...

7. iOS users have Siri
"Siri icon" by Apple - Own work. Licensed under Public domain via WikimediaCommons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siri_icon.svg#mediaviewer/File:Siri_icon.svg

8. Android users have
"OK Google"

9. But what if you can't
connect to the internet?

10. Why not
SMS?

12. Well...

13. 82% of the mobile users in
the Philippines still use
feature phones

14. Meet Ernie
Your friendly SMS sidekick

15. Who is Ernie?
Ernie is a bot that gives you day-to-day information
without connecting to the Internet.
You can ask Ernie a question by simply sending an SMS
message to 292909292.
And unlike most SMS services, Ernie understands you
without the need for keywords or strict formatting in the
messages you send him.

16. What can you ask Ernie?
What's the weather in Palawan?
How to get to Kapitolyo Pasig from Katipunan QC?
Is it traffic in EDSA?
Kobe Bryant's birthday?
Define vociferous
Meaning of life?

17. Demo Time
Send a question to 292909292

19. APIs
How does Ernie work?

20. Ernie learns
Ernie is easily extensible. If
the internet knows it, he can
learn it

21. Let's talk $$$
How will we monetize?
X pesos per question
answered.
As simple as that.

22. Thank you for
listening!
Learn more about Ernie by visiting
http://ernie.marksteve.com