It advocates hiring virtual assistants from developing countries such as India and Philippines to free up personal time.

"A hundred virtual assistants finished the program, but only 21 of them were working," Ms. Hall said.

But to lure many more people to seek salvation in electronic voices, virtual assistants must evolve beyond their user-unfriendly responses.

A dedicated virtual assistant is someone working in the office under the management of a company.

The homebased virtual assistant worked either in the office sharing environment or in their house.

The answer is simple, in a virtual office, you get a virtual assistant (VA).

An advanced human-machine interface, a set of sensors and a purpose designed software act as a local virtual assistant to the crewman.

A virtual assistant's (VA) core practice and specialty is that of administration.

However, businesses that lend themselves particularly well to working from home businesses are internet businesses or 'virtual assistants'.

Just go to your favorite web browser and type in "virtual assistant."