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Voicebot and Chatbot Design

By : Rachel Batish
Book Image

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

Defining the stakeholders


This, of course, may change from one organization to another, but, in general, a successful bot is the result of the joint efforts of:

  1. Business and marketing – setting the goals

  2. IT and R&D – technical implementation

  3. UI/UX and creative – design implementation

Each department has its functionality and an impact on the success of the bot. In many cases, some of these stakeholders are overlooked and the work is left just for the technical team. However, remember, building a conversational solution is not only a technical task – it's a business, marketing, UI, UX, and creative task. In some cases, the initiative will come from the business/marketing side and in some cases from the R&D/IT teams.

You can use the following chart as a tool to fill in the names of the relevant people for your project. In some cases, you might need to use the help of an external resource, if you don't have some of these functions in your organization.

This group of people will continue to...