Chat Bot References

Chat Bot References

• Shiffman ChatBot Slides
• Deep Learning for ChatBots -- helpful overview and history of chatbots

RiveScript

• RiveScript website
• RiveScript tutorial
• RiveScript + p5 Example, online demo
• RiveScript video tutorial
• RiveScript + p5.js video tutorial

p5.Speech

• p5.Speech website
• p5.Speech github
• p5 Speech text-to-speech example code, online demo
• p5 Speech speech-to-text example code, online demo

Alexa

• Official Amazon
  • Hello Alexa Videos from Amazon
  • Amazon Alexa Node Github
  • Alexa Skill Quick Start Tutorial
  • Steps to Build a Custom Skill
  • Examples
    • Hello World Alexa Skill
    • Trivia Alexa Skill
    • How To Alexa Skill
    • Create a Fact Skill
  • Deploying
    • To AWS Lamda
    • Deploying Somewhere Else
• What is AWS Lambda
• Code Academy Alexa Tutorial
• Alexa-JS Node Package (not official Amazon tool)
  • Alexa-JS Github
  • video walkthrough, code and notes -- uses something called Apex, but I find it easier to just upload a zip.

AIY

• Google AIY
• Google Assistant API

Other Options

• Online Bot Builder
• Pandora Bots
• "Nature Language Processing"
  • Luis from Microsoft
  • Wit.ai
  • Api.ai -- has export to Alexa feature