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Building Bots with Microsoft Bot Framework

You're reading from   Building Bots with Microsoft Bot Framework Creating intelligent conversational interfaces

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786463104
Length 424 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kishore Gaddam Kishore Gaddam
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Preface 1. Setting up Microsoft Bot Framework Dev Environment FREE CHAPTER 2. Developing Your First Bot Using the Connector and Builder SDK 3. Developing WeatherBot Using Dialogs and LUIS 4. Natural Speech and Intent Processing Bot Using Microsoft Cognitive Services 5. Developing Bots Using LUIS Prompt Dialogs with State and Nearby Bot Using Custom APIs 6. Developing an IVR Bot for a Bank Using Advanced Microsoft Bot Framework Technologies 7. Intelligent Bots with Microsoft Bot Framework and Service Fabric 8. Developing Intelligent Facial Expression Identification Bot for IoT Using Azure and Power BI 9. Publishing a Bot to Skype, Slack, Facebook, and the GroupMe Channel

Bots use cases

Let's look at some of the use cases where bots can enable users to have natural conversation to meet their needs:

  • We can develop some e-commerce bots that enable us to buy goods and services through Skype, Slack, Facebook, and any other conversation platforms
  • We can develop bots for restaurants to order food online or to make reservations at a restaurant
  • We can develop content bots that share relevant content with you (such as news and weather)
  • We can develop watcher/tracker bots that can notify us when specific events happen (such as when a flight is delayed, when your car needs servicing, and when your pizza order is ready for pickup)
  • We can develop banking and stock trading bots that can provide financial services
  • We can develop workflow bots that can automate business workflows in marketing, sales, operations, HR/admin, finance, payroll, and others
  • When it comes to the IoT domain, bots are...
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