Mimicker Alarm

Mimicker Alarm is a free morning alarm clock app that helps you get up and stay up by playing a simple game, called a “Mimic”. To dismiss your alarm, you must mimic the action given. We might ask you to snap a selfie, speak a phrase, or even get out of bed! The Mimics require you to be alert, smart, and use yourself and surroundings.

Watch out – if you don’t finish the game in time, we’ll assume you’ve fallen back asleep and your alarm will start ringing again. Once you complete the Mimic, share your personalized results with your friends and show how you beat the clock.

Mimicker Alarm was built it to showcase the power and flexibility of Microsoft Cognitive Services, a platform of artificial intelligence APIs which includes the former Project Oxford.

• The Emotion API is used to power Express yourself – a game that requires you to mimic the emotion listed.
• The Speech API is used to listen to your attempt at our tongue twister challenge.
• The Computer Vision API is used to analyze colors in a photo for our color capture Mimic.

All of our code is available on GitHub where you can view the source, file issues, or even contribute your own Mimic. We want to hear from you – what do you want to see next and what can you build using Microsoft Cognitive Services?