Conversational UI? Conversational AI? What’s all the fuss about?
• @Rabeb_Othmani
• Developer advocate
• Favourite teammate of everyone on the
@NexmoDev team
• Women Who Code
• Not famous yet
The Rise of Bots
• ~45% of end users prefer
chatbots as the primary mode of
communication for customer
service inquires. source: Grand View
Research report
• by 2019, the voice recognition
market will be a $601 million
industry. source: Technavio
• Consumer Intelligence Research
Partners (CIRP) estimates that
8.2 million people own an
Amazon Echo device.
How did she
survive before
??!!
The Interface of The Future
• Applications that talk.
• Applications that converse with the
user on human terms.
• Applications that understand
context.
• Applications that get smarter over
time.
A mix of both
Voice based
conversational interfaces
Text based conversational
interfaces
Voice as a Primary Conversational
Interface
A natural mean of interactionFrictionless
experience
Fast, simple &
everywhere
• More than recognising voice or text
• Intelligent interfaces
• A natural-language understanding of
intentions behind those words.
• artificial intelligence reasoning
• contextual awareness.
Challenges & Considerations
• Does it solve a real problem?
• Is it smart enough?
• Does it meet the needs of the user?
• Is the natural language processing
advanced enough?
Microsoft Conversational AI
Slide courtesy of Microsoft
LUIS: Language Understanding
Intelligent Service
Machine Learning-based
service
Natural language addition to
your apps
Integrates with apps, bots &
IoT devices
New in LUIS
Patterns
Multi-Lingual
Sentiment Analysis
Speech
Regex Entity
Demo
Bot Framework
• Bot Builder SDK
• Azure Bot Service
• Channels
Demo
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Conversational ai, conversational ui

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    Conversational UI? ConversationalAI? What’s all the fuss about?
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    • @Rabeb_Othmani • Developeradvocate • Favourite teammate of everyone on the @NexmoDev team • Women Who Code • Not famous yet
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    • ~45% ofend users prefer chatbots as the primary mode of communication for customer service inquires. source: Grand View Research report • by 2019, the voice recognition market will be a $601 million industry. source: Technavio • Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) estimates that 8.2 million people own an Amazon Echo device.
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    The Interface ofThe Future • Applications that talk. • Applications that converse with the user on human terms. • Applications that understand context. • Applications that get smarter over time.
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    A mix ofboth Voice based conversational interfaces Text based conversational interfaces
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    Voice as aPrimary Conversational Interface A natural mean of interactionFrictionless experience Fast, simple & everywhere
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    • More thanrecognising voice or text • Intelligent interfaces • A natural-language understanding of intentions behind those words. • artificial intelligence reasoning • contextual awareness.
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    Challenges & Considerations •Does it solve a real problem? • Is it smart enough? • Does it meet the needs of the user? • Is the natural language processing advanced enough?
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    Microsoft Conversational AI Slidecourtesy of Microsoft
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    LUIS: Language Understanding IntelligentService Machine Learning-based service Natural language addition to your apps Integrates with apps, bots & IoT devices
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    Bot Framework • BotBuilder SDK • Azure Bot Service • Channels
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    🙏 Thank youfor attending my talk 🙏 🌟 You’ve been an awesome audience 🌟 👍 don’t forget to evaluate this session in the DevSum app please👍 😛 If you think I’m amazing & want to tweet about it, please tag my employer @NexmoDev…Kidding😛 🤓 For further questions or feedback, contact me : @Rabeb_Othmani or rabeb.othmani@vonage.com 🤓