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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

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As we outlined earlier in the book, the bot's goal is to replace human-human communication. The correspondence should be on a human level, and we went through the required parameters in this chapter as well as in previous ones.

In the next chapter, we will talk about how bots act compared to humans. What kind of "non-human" are they? What is their unique persona and how can we make the user trust them?

Before we build their personality, we should also think about how we can help our bots to understand not only the context of a conversation, but also its psychology and tone. In what emotional state is the user? Are they happy or angry? What is their tone like, based only on their text or voice?

This is called emotional intelligence. It is by far a less advanced field compared to AI, but it is one of utmost importance, especially for businesses who would like to make sure they understand the emotional status of their clients when they respond and interact with an automated solution...