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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

Why are we building a conversational UI?


Why do we need conversational UI? What was lacking in our GUI with computers that required the development of a new UI in our lives? We mentioned in the previous chapter that conversational UI allows us to interact in quick Q&A sessions with computers, by mimicking a text or voice interaction with a friend or service provider.

In both chat and voice interaction, the goal is, once again, to make our lives easy (or at least easier than they are already). It starts with simple home capabilities, such as turning on and off the lights by talking to a device, and it can go all the way to booking flights as we drive our car, without lifting a finger. Since chat and voice are still commonly used differently, I will refer to the purpose of each separately in the following sub-sections.

Chats and chatbots

Text has become a primary interaction method between people. About 50% of adults aged 18-24 say text conversations are just as meaningful as a phone call...