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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


In this chapter, we discussed some of the most common mistakes in voice and chat applications. In some cases, those mistakes have evolved over time through how conversational applications are developed and used, and some of those mistakes are based on a lack of knowledge (and thinking) and can be easily avoided. Although chat and voice applications are not yet the all-knowing personal assistant we want them to be, there are three main components that can be easily achieved to improve the experience and success of those apps.

Keeping in mind that the goal of both chat and voice interactions is to make our lives easy can help us to solve many of today's chat and voice challenges. Use chatbots and voicebots to solve problems that are repeatable, but make sure not to drive your users crazy, as they struggle to figure out how to use them. With this in mind, I'm summarizing our three "don'ts":

  1. Don't imitate your web functionality! Your chatbots and voicebots are replacing human functionality...