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Voicebot and Chatbot Design

By : Rachel Batish
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Voicebot and Chatbot Design

By: Rachel Batish

Overview of this book

We are entering the age of conversational interfaces, where we will interact with AI bots using chat and voice. But how do we create a good conversation? How do we design and build voicebots and chatbots that can carry successful conversations in in the real world? In this book, Rachel Batish introduces us to the world of conversational applications, bots and AI. You’ll discover how - with little technical knowledge - you can build successful and meaningful conversational UIs. You’ll find detailed guidance on how to build and deploy bots on the leading conversational platforms, including Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Facebook Messenger. You’ll then learn key design aspects for building conversational UIs that will really succeed and shine in front of humans. You’ll discover how your AI bots can become part of a meaningful conversation with humans, using techniques such as persona shaping, and tone analysis. For successful bots in the real world, you’ll explore important use-cases and examples where humans interact with bots. With examples across finance, travel, and e-commerce, you’ll see how you can create successful conversational UIs in any sector. Expand your horizons further as Rachel shares with you her insights into cutting-edge voicebot and chatbot technologies, and how the future might unfold. Join in right now and start building successful, high impact bots!
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Voicebot and Chatbot Design
Contributors
Preface
Other Book You May Enjoy
Index

Summary


Building cognitive conversational UI is still a very new and dynamic area. This book aimed to provide some insights, ideas, and a methodology to follow when accomplishing this thrilling task.

Looking to the future, we understand that technical progress is required to build the real HAL 9000 and this is indeed where technology innovations are heading. However, it was crucial for me to stress the importance of the non-technical aspects of building a conversational solution, and the human-related (and non-technical) obstacles that we see today and that will have to change in the future.

While the book offers a hands-on guidance for the world of conversational UI, it also seeks to stretch your thinking, so that you visualize conversational solutions in the future and what your role will be in shaping that future. If you are reading this book, you obviously believe in the future of conversational design and the fact that the journey has started, and there's no going back. I hope you have...