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Digital voice assistants in smartphones is old news. Examples include iPhone’s Siri, Android’s Google Assistant & Amazon’s Alexa. But, these apps are still kinda rough & evolving. As a result, they may not give all the answers one would hope for.
It seems that people who would want to ask some very specific questions of these apps may have to wait just a little bit longer. Either that or they could create Google Assistant Actions & Alexa Skills on their own. This might worry some people seeing as though they have little to no programming skills. But BotTalk makes it simple enough for people from all backgrounds to customize their own Google Assistant Actions & Amazon Alexa Skills.
First off the company realizes that getting started may not be that easy & hence has included step by step instructions on how to go about the process. Additionally, the BotTalk Website features some video tutorials that show the user various ways to use the platform. BotTalk uses YAML formatting in a bid to make it user-friendly & easy to understand by people.
Some interesting features include 3rd-party integrations with various APIs & this makes it possible for developers to incorporate a voice interface into an app. Another one is that BotTalk significantly reduces the infrastructure needed to create a complex voice interface. Users don’t have to use a database, Lambda or even a server while creating their project.
A dialog tester also comes in handy in that BotTalk automatically goes through all possible dialog scenarios. Subsequently, the user will be able to correct dialog dead ends & logic errors.
The BotTalk platform also takes into account the fact that some brands may not have the time for a complicated project of this nature. It is for this reason that they offer a team to help do that. The platform is only supported in about 3 countries & is free to use for the most part. The countries include The US, the UK & Germany.
BotTalk is a byproduct of SmartHouse Technologies UG. One of the key individuals in the company is Dr. Andrey Esaulov who is a managing director. SmartHouse Technologies, according to their Website, based in Germany.
– This is a startup profile based on publicly available material & not a review –
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