“Talk” to “Google talk bots” – add few useful Google talk bots in your gtalk list

Gtalk client is one of the simplest and coolest chat client which is used with a Google account to talk with buddies of your list. Gtalk chat client is actually a Jabber/XMPP protocol based chat client which supports a variety of chat bots.

These “bots” are like virtual human being who are 24×7 online to respond to your questions or requests. You can add these “chat bots” in your chat list and can “Talk” with them as you do with your friends. Some of the interesting and useful Gtalk bots are listed below :

1. Translation Bot :

This Talk-bot is a helpful translator which can be used to translate your text from one language to another. All you need to do is to add the correct bot of your need in your gtalk list, e.g. for English to Hindi translation add, en2hi@bot.talk.google.com in your Talk list and you’ll have a ready-to-go translation service in your chat list. After adding the bot, for a translation request, you just need to type any English word and hit “enter” – bot will reply back with the translated text! Wooo, cool – hunh ?

A full list of translation bots for different languages can be found here.

2. Aardvark :

Have you ever wondered how to get answer of a question which a Search Engine can never help with ? Try finding answers of these questions in a Search Engine :

Which coffee shop is the best one in Delhi to get some “hot coffee” on a night-out ? What is the shortest traffic-free route from the Airport to the Railway station? I want to give my girl-friend something as her birthday gift that lasts, but someone already has given her jewelry – What else could I give her which should be “special” to her ?

Ooops, no search engine can help with this,right ? This is where we say, “A computer system can never be as intelligent as a human being”. Sign up for an Aardvark network , add the aardvark bot client ( will be given to you after sign up ) and ask a question. This bot will compute “tags” based on its algorithms and will send the question to the right person and you will be answered shortly. Yeah, you’ll be answered by a Human being – All Aardvark does for you is to find the right person who can answer you! You may also receive questions based on the topics you like. I’m already there in the n/w!

3. Ping.fm :

This is an “all-in-one” bot which can be used with different social networks and blogs supported by it including status updates on Facebook, Myspace, blog posts on Blogger, WordPress with loads of fun features. And all this can work from the IM client, so sign up for Ping.fm and it’s chat bot and get started!

4. Mayafile :

Are you one of them who keep on changing their computer system and feel lazy to carry a ” notepad” or “scratch-book” , which is very much important for storing “scratches” ? Want to store your “notes” some where? Here is a bot talk@mayafile.com which will do this for you! Store from anywhere, access from anywhere – just store & search! ;)

You can use it to store notes that you can search for later. Type “store ” to store & “find ” to search! You can use it a calculator as well as for fetching definition from Wikipedia. Just type “help” ( without quotes ) to see list of task that can be done using this bot!

5. SMS GupShup and Way2sms.com :

You must be knowing how to send free SMS from internet ? SMSGupShup is one of the best site for sending free SMS from internet but almost no one, like me, uses it to send SMS because of the two reasons – Firstly, SMS packs offered by service providers and secondly feeling lazy to log in to the website to send SMS even if it’s free! Here is a chat-bot for lazy jerks, like me, which can help you send SMS using Google Talk. Just add webaroosms@gmail.com in your chat list. Same is way2sms.bot@gmail.com for sending SMS for Way2SMS users. If you aren’t already using SMSGupShup or Way2SMS, sign up for an a/c by visiting their site and have fun!

6. googlesms@bot.im :

Get cricket scores, Indian Railways train schedules & ticket status, flight inquiry, horoscopes, movie showtimes, restaurant information through your chat bout. Just enter your query that works with Google SMS and bot will respond back with the information. A sample query is, “Train Delhi to Agra” ( without quotes ) and the bot will list all available trains from Delhi to Agra with an option to check their schedule too! For a complete list of queries, refer this.

7. inezhabot@gmail.com :

It is an RSS reader. all you need to do is to type in the name of the website whose updates are required and within no time it sends the updates. Just type www.tabish.co.in and check

8. math@bot.im :

This is your math bot which will do math calculations for you. Type “log10(100)” ( without quotes ) and you’ll get an answer, 2 – cool, hunh ? Type “help” for a complete list of available functions or refer this.

9. sbot@bot.im :

All in one google, yahoo, bing and twitter search. Just type ”g Search Term” for Google Search,e.g. “g tabish tech portal” to search this site in Google! You can use b for Bing, y for Yahoo!, w for Wikipedia & t for Twitter search.

10. cricket@ibnalerts.com :

Get Instant cricket and sport alerts from IBN Live. Type “help” to get a list of commands you can use with this bot.

11. im@ibnalerts.com :

Get latest News from IBN Live. Type “help” ( without quotes ) to get a list of keywords that can be used, e.g. “top” will give you the list of all top stories on IBN Live!

12. jobs@chat.naukri.com :

Search jobs through your Gtalk . Check this link to know how to use this bot! You can also try “help” keyword to get some idea about it.

13. Gtalk Chat Room Bot :

This is the most interesting Gtalk Bot I could find for Gtalk. Google Talk doesn’t support a chat room where you can chat with your friends, family, co-workers. But, PartyChapp is a Gtalk bot that creates a chat room where you can add your friends, co-workers and family and discuss with them about some project, a trip arrangement or for a night-out plan! This bot is very cool and interesting but it would take somewhat “longer post” to give you a full insight on how to use it. Wait for my next separate article !

Quick Tip : If you don’t know how to use a particular bot, add it in your Google Talk list and then type “help” ( without quotes ) to see how it works. If you are interested in developing your own IM-Bot, check this link and also share your bots if you develop any bot on your own !

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