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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


The travel and e-commerce industries are both fascinating use cases for any digital evolution. Unlike many other industries, digital solutions have managed to replace whole functions and even professions, or at least minimized them. It is therefore interesting to see how these two industries, which are always pioneers in the market, are reacting to automatic conversational solutions, and how they deal with the limitations and challenges that these solutions bring with them.

For a long while, chatbots' added value wasn't clear to many industries, but as technology evolves, the use cases are revealing themselves slowly. It is clear to see that the market is approaching these solutions with much caution, however, some of the leading brands are already experimenting with some more advanced capabilities.

I chose KAYAK and eBay for this chapter's examples, since they are far more advanced in the market with their voicebots and chatbots implementation. There is a lot we can learn from the...