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.This is a time-limited preview. To hear the full episode, and access the full catalogue of episodes and bonus content, become a Voice Tech Pro https://voicetechpodcast.com/pro

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.

Links from the show:

• Manning Books: https://www.manning.com (40% off books with code: podvoicetech19) 
• Best voice-first podcasts: http://bit.ly/2RYSG8t
• SmartHouse Technologies: https://smarthaustech.de/
• BotTalk: https://bottalk.de/
• BotTalk on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/bottalk
• Job Finder in Germany: https://vimeo.com/281597058
• React Native: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/
• JSON: https://www.json.org/
• YAML: https://yaml.org/
• myNoise: https://mynoise.net/
• Storyline: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/storyline-7
• Jovo: https://www.jovo.tech/
• The Floor is Lava Game: https://www.amazon.com/Voice-Apps-That-Rock-Floor/dp/B07G2QFJ6D

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