Voice User Interface Projects: Build voice-enabled applications using Dialogflow for Google Home and Alexa Skills Kit for Amazon Echo

Develop intelligent voice-empowered applications and Chatbots that not only understand voice commands but also respond to it

Key FeaturesTarget multiple platforms by creating voice interactions for your applicationsExplore real-world examples of how to produce smart and practical virtual assistantsBuild a virtual assistant for cars using Android Auto in XamarinBook Description

From touchscreen and mouse-click, we are moving to voice- and conversation-based user interfaces. By adopting Voice User Interfaces (VUIs), you can create a more compelling and engaging experience for your users. Voice User Interface Projects teaches you how to develop voice-enabled applications for desktop, mobile, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

This book explains in detail VUI and its importance, basic design principles of VUI, fundamentals of conversation, and the different voice-enabled applications available in the market. You will learn how to build your first voice-enabled application by utilizing DialogFlow and Alexa’s natural language processing (NLP) platform. Once you are comfortable with building voice-enabled applications, you will understand how to dynamically process and respond to the questions by using NodeJS server deployed to the cloud. You will then move on to securing NodeJS RESTful API for DialogFlow and Alexa webhooks, creating unit tests and building voice-enabled podcasts for cars. Last but not the least you will discover advanced topics such as handling sessions, creating custom intents, and extending built-in intents in order to build conversational VUIs that will help engage the users.

By the end of the book, you will have grasped a thorough knowledge of how to design and develop interactive VUIs.

What you will learnUnderstand NLP platforms with machine learningExploit best practices and user experiences in creating VUIBuild voice-enabled chatbotsHost, secure, and test in a cloud platformCreate voice-enabled applications for personal digital assistant devicesDevelop a virtual assistant for carsWho this book is for

Voice User Interface Projects is for you if you are a software engineer who wants to develop voice-enabled applications for your personal digital assistant devices such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, along with your car’s virtual assistant systems. Some experience with JavaScript is required.

Table of ContentsIntroductionBuild a FAQs Chat BotBuild a Fortune Cookie ApplicationHosting, Securing, and Testing the Fortune Cookie Application in CloudDeploying the Fortune Cookie Application to Google HomeBuilding a Cooking Application using AlexaUsing Advanced Alexa Feature and Deploying the Cooking ApplicationMigrating Alexa Cooking Application to Google Home Building a voice enabled Podcast for the car Hosting and Enhancing the Voice Enabled Podcast

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07B3RB8NH
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Packt Publishing; 1st edition (July 31, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 31, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 32.3 MB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 404 pages