Overview of all chatbots (chatterbots) of with names starting with S(still populating). For fun, functional or exciting chat conversions.

English summary: Two virtual army officers have just joined the ranks of some 190,000 professional and contract soldiers currently working for the German army. However, Stefanie Fischer and Christian Wagner are not stationed in the army barracks; they are online careers advisers representing the German Ministry of Defense. They host the careers portal, answering user queries and providing information about training opportunities and professional careers with the German armed forces.

English summary: RATP is a public transport company in Paris and for their Intranet site we have developed an Interactive Assistant called Sylvana. She is the HR assistant and helps the HR managers dealing with specific HR topics such as disciplinary matters, shop steward elections and more. As well as answering questions, she proposes related topics and a link to the reference document.

English summary: Your health care specialist Sara
At DKV Seguros Website, the Spanish daughter of the DKV (Deutsche Kranken Versicherung), Interactive Assistant Sara functions as a simultaneous host, consultant, navigator and search engine. Among her many capabilities she can, if asked, list physicians and hospitals, search for a nearby pharmacy, look up technical terms in a health encyclopaedia, work out a health plan together with the user and offer advice about the products of DKV Seguros or answer general health questions. She also assists in filling out formulas and can refer interested customers, along with the dialogue transcript and contact data via Email, to the contact centre.

English summary: Tele2 is Europe's leading telecommunication operator and delivers products and services within mobile communication, Internet, computing, cable-TV etc. To help out with their customer service, the Interactive Assistant Sara helps customers online. Sara answers questions about Tele2´s services and pay-as-you-go cards.

English summary: In 20 municipalities in Sweden citizens can get information online about their municipality and services via out Interactive Assistants. One of the municipalities is Malmö, the commercial centre of southern Sweden and an international city. On Malmö´s Website you can ask questions to the Interactive Assistant Sara. She has an extensive Knowledge base, and if Sara can´t help the user, she is able to turn users over to customer service through chat. Malmö has been chosen IT-Municipality of the Year in Sweden 2005. Thousands of citizens are continuously using the new self-service channel every month since launch.

English summary: Anything to declare? Ask Sandra!
With Sandra, the Swedish speaking virtual customs official, Swedish customs has established an information service that is aimed at Swedish vacationers as well as international customs officials requiring information regarding the import of goods into Sweden. Since the import and export conditions are dependent on the country one is traveling from Sandra offers an individual consultation. Sandra is also a travel assistant and answers passport questions for users on the Website of two travel agencies; Fritidsresor and Vingresor. Sandra only speaks Swedish.

English summary: SmarterChild is a chatterbot that can do all sorts of interesting command line-y things, like look up the weather, store notes, trigger timed IM reminders, calculate and convert, and generally answer any kind of question, like "What's the population of Indonesia?" or "What movies are playing near me tonight?"

English summary: SOphiA is an Intranet Interactive Assistant used internally by BASF for its worldwide operations. She answers questions about compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, an act of U.S. Congress which defines the establishment and maintenance of internal process controls for corporations. The intention is to rebuild investor's confidence in the wake of corporate scandals such as Enron, Worldcom, etc.