Episode description:
The voice space is much bigger than just Google and Amazon, and there are many ways to develop voice applications. What’s missing in the voice design space? A simple markup language.
Dr. Andrey Esaulov is the CEO of SmartHouse Technologies and co-founder of BotTalk. SmartHouse Technologies specialises in consulting and development of voice applications and mobile apps. The company’s BotTalk product is a platform for creating Alexa Skills and Google Actions with a simple markup language.
From this conversation you’ll learn that you don’t need to be a developer to build sophisticated, context-aware voice applications that can benefit your business, or even become your business.
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Highlights from the show:
- What was the core problem? Alexa and Google developing similar voice apps/solutions.
- What were the major concerns? Direction of API dialogue flow and internal Alexa tools.
- What was the solution? Simplified multiple platforms into easy-to-use programming tool to build and launch complicated apps.
- Birth of SmartHouse Technologies: Inability to recreate dialogue API.
- Birth of BotTalk: Simple markup technology was missing in voice space.
- What are BotTalk’s features? Multimodal, templates, API integration, session management, and direct deployment.
- What are popular case studies and demos? myNoise and The Floor is Lava!
- What are similarities and differences between BotTalk and Storyline? Voice experience, Google actions, write once to deploy, and session management.
- What are voice development options? Conversations, slots, and entry points.
- What are the dos and don'ts when creating a skill? Maintain focus, attention, and engagement; don’t include too many questions/paths, or build too much into voice apps.
- What to expect in the future? Voice-only apps, multimodality, and less frustration.
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