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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

Conversational interfaces – how did it all start and where do we stand today?


We started by talking about where it all began. Understanding the progress of human-machine interfaces helps us to understand the evolution from textual interfaces to graphical interfaces, and all the way to conversational UI, and can assist in making assumptions and predictions for future changes.

We took a deeper dive into the conversational stack, understanding the different technologies that support conversational UI today as it evolves. We are lucky to be at a phase in this journey where many of the fundamental layers of this stack are solid and stable, and this allows us to build and grow unique and sophisticated conversational applications that we couldn't have dreamed of only a few years back. This includes voice-recognition and text-to-speech capabilities, and even more important are NLU abilities, which have completely changed the game and allowed us to start experimenting with contextual conversation...