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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

Building contextual conversations: humans versus bots


Let's look at a few examples of possible conversations, to compare the interactions we have as humans to the ones we create for our bots. To demonstrate the path of digitizing contextual conversations, I chose the following three scenarios:

  • Human agent-customer conversation (on the phone)

  • Online (website) self-service research

  • Chatbot/voicebot interaction

The context I chose for the conversation is a search for a family trip to Disneyland. With today's regulations and liability concerns, many human-agent interactions with customer service staff or customer support call centers are fully scripted and it actually feels like we are talking to a bot.

In the following example, I gave the human agent some more room for maneuver in their conversation with the customer and included some more contextual elements, which should eventually be achieved with an automated solution, to create a fully engaged conversation.

Scenario 1: Looking for a trip to...