About this app

Say "Abena, Dɛn na wobetumi ayɛ?"

Meet Abena. Africa's first hands-free Offline Voice Assistant. Made by Africans for Africa, to solve African problems

Abena is fast and works without the internet.

*Currently supports the Ghanaian Akan Twi language. Other African languages coming soon.

Speak to your phone in Twi to make calls, check your credit(airtime) or internet data balance, buy or send credit, buy or send data, send money, check MTN Momo, Telecel cash, AT money balance, get weather info, get twitter trends or Ghana news, set reminders, set alarms, set timers, control smart home, smart lights like Philips hue bulbs, tv, record voice notes, send instant messages, chit-chat, open third party apps, play music, games like Twi Proverbs challenge.

Works like magic!

Update: ChatGPT is now in Abena AI. Talk in Twi and learn lots. Now smarter with ChatGPT. Ask her anything in Twi & get responses in Twi. She can also look at your photos and tell you what's in them in Twi. It's easy & fun. Just update & start chatting in Twi

Speak to your house in Twi to control lights & devices (Check out the Video). No need to rewire your home or require any electrician. It takes only 2 minutes to setup.
Say "Abena, Sɔ kanea no ma me"

Voice technology has become one of the main ways people interact with devices but the world’s most popular voice assistants, Siri, Alexa & Google Assistant, still don’t support a single native African language. Millions of people who speak African languages can’t use voice tech to do something as simple as checking the weather

Abena is here to solve this problem. Abena isn't just a Twi Siri, Twi Alexa or Twi Google assistant clone - Abena solves problems faced by africans in Africa. Best part is - unlike other popular virtual assistants - Abena.ai works offline; saving you money & protecting your privacy. A voice assistant for African languages

What can Abena do?

-Twitter trends & Ghana News?

"Abena, Dɛn na ɛkɔ so wɔ Ghana?"
"Dɛn na ɛtrendi wɔ twitter?"
"Kyerɛ me nsɛm a ɛkɔ so wɔ Ghana news"
etc

Weather

"Abena, ɛndɛ nsuo bɛ tɔ?"
"ɔkyena ewia bɛ bɔ?"
"Weather no te sɛn?"
"Ewiem tebea no te sɛn?"
Etc

Check Credit or Airtime balance: (No internet required)

You can check MTN Credit, Vodafone credit, AT credit:

"Abena, Aka me credit sɛn?"
"Aka me airtime sɛn?"
"Aka me MTN/Vodafone/AT credit sɛn?"
"Credit sɛn na mewɔ?"
"Checki me airtime no ma me"
Etc

Buy Credit or Airtime: (No internet)

Buy MTN airtime, Telecel, AT

"Abena, Tɔ credit ma me"
"Tɔ airtime ma me"
"Tɔ MTN/Vodafone/AT credit ma me"
"Mepɛ airtime"
"Wobetumi ah tɔ credit ah ma me"
Etc

Transfer Credit or Airtime: (No internet)

"Mepɛ sɛ me sɛndi credit/airtime"
"Mepɛ sɛ me mane credit kɔma obi"
"Sɛndi airtime ma me"
"Mepɛ sɛ me mane MTN/Vodafone/AT credit"
Etc


Check MOMO balance (All networks)

"Abena, Aka me sika sɛn?"
"Aka me MOMO sɛn?"
"Checki me MTN MOMO/Vodafone Cash/AT Money no ma me"
"Sika sɛn na mewɔ?"
"Mewɔ sika sɛn?"
Etc

Transfer Money:

"Mepɛ sɛ me mane sika"
"Sɛndi sika"
"Transfer MOMO ma me"
"Mepɛ sɛ me sɛndi obi sika"
"Mepɛ sɛ sɛndi MTN MOMO/Vodafone Cash/AT Money"
Etc

Also buy data, transfer data, check data balance


Set Reminders:

"Abena, Kae me biribi"
"Mepɛ sɛ wo kae me biribi"
"Wobɛtumi a kae me biribi"
"Sɛti reminder ma me"
"Sɛti nkae/nkaebɔ"

Set Alarms:

"Sɛti alarm 7am"
"Sɛti alarm ma me"
"Mepɛ sɛ me sɛti alarm"

TwiGPT or ChatGPT in Twi:
Chat in Twi and English
Smart Home (Control lights)
Twi Proverbs Battle, akan proverbs
There are many other features like Twi ChatGPT. Voice assistant Ghana, ask her anything in Twi ai, akan twi proverbs

*Accessibility Service api is used by Abena AI for screen reading to enable blind or visually impaired Ghanaians check their call credit & data plans. Abena does this by e.g dialing USSD short code *124# and reading out loud the call credit/data text upon a voice command

New features

-Fixed Contacts bug

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.