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Hands-On Chatbots and Conversational UI Development
Hands-On Chatbots and Conversational UI Development

Hands-On Chatbots and Conversational UI Development: Build chatbots and voice user interfaces with Chatfuel, Dialogflow, Microsoft Bot Framework, Twilio, and Alexa Skills

By Srini Janarthanam
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Book Dec 2017 392 pages 1st Edition
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Publication date : Dec 29, 2017
Length 392 pages
Edition : 1st Edition
Language : English
ISBN-13 : 9781788294669
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Key benefits

  • • Understand the different use cases of Conversational UIs with this project-based guide
  • • Build feature-rich Chatbots and deploy them on multiple platforms
  • • Get real-world examples of voice-enabled UIs for personal and home assistance

Description

Conversation as an interface is the best way for machines to interact with us using the universally accepted human tool that is language. Chatbots and voice user interfaces are two flavors of conversational UIs. Chatbots are real-time, data-driven answer engines that talk in natural language and are context-aware. Voice user interfaces are driven by voice and can understand and respond to users using speech. This book covers both types of conversational UIs by leveraging APIs from multiple platforms. We'll take a project-based approach to understand how these UIs are built and the best use cases for deploying them. We'll start by building a simple messaging bot from the Facebook Messenger API to understand the basics of bot building. Then we move on to creating a Task model that can perform complex tasks such as ordering and planning events with the newly-acquired-by-Google Dialogflow and Microsoft Bot framework. We then turn to voice-enabled UIs that are capable of interacting with users using speech with Amazon Alexa and Google Home. By the end of the book, you will have created your own line of chatbots and voice UIs for multiple leading platforms.

What you will learn

• Design the flow of conversation between the user and the chatbot • Create Task model chatbots for implementing tasks such as ordering food • Get new toolkits and services in the chatbot ecosystem • Integrate third-party information APIs to build interesting chatbots • Find out how to deploy chatbots on messaging platforms • Build a chatbot using MS Bot Framework • See how to tweet, listen to tweets, and respond using a chatbot on Twitter • Publish chatbots on Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa

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Length 392 pages
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Table of Contents

11 Chapters
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1. Introduction Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Tour Guide for Your City Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Let's Talk Weather Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Building a Persona Bot Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Let's Catch a Train Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Restaurant Search Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. The News Bot Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. My TV Guide Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. My Man Friday Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. More Resources Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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