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An intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) or intelligent personal assistant (IPA) is a software agent that can perform tasks or services for an individual based on commands or questions. Improving the quality of artificial intelligence (AI) learning algorithms increases the application of IVAs in different areas. The capabilities and usage of IVAs are expanding rapidly. IVAs, such as Siri, Alexa, and chatbots, help individuals and companies to make better decisions. They learn from collected historical data, and the quality of their recommendations depends on the size of the database they are using. Modern technology has provided a huge capacity for data collection and storage. This means that the new generation of IVAs can help people much better than the previous one. This book examines the applications of IVAs in different areas and presents a clear vision of how this new technology can be used in current and future activities. Chapters cover such topics as the scientific development of VA technology, generating voices for IVAs, the ethics of using IVAs, and using IVAs in banking and finance.

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"The days of only being able to search for items on computers using text searches are long gone: voice search is rapidly becoming one of the most popular ways to find content on computing devices and the web. One of the leaders in this area is the Amazon Echo : a high-quality speaker which uses Alexa : (a voice-controlled digital personal assistant) to perform a range of tasks: from playing music and making calls to smartphones, to answering questions and even controlling compatible devices in the home, such as turning on the heating. Although the Echo is an Amazon device, it can be accessed from most smartphones and tablets, using the Alexa app and an Amazon Account. Get going with Amazon Echo and Alexa in easy steps : leads you through the process of setting up the Amazon Echo, connecting it to your home Wi-Fi network and then controlling much of its functionality, so that you can start making the most of your digital personal assistant. The book then looks at the common voice commands that can be used with Alexa and adding to its library of skills: it learns from your commands and can tailor content to your specific interests. This pocket-sized book will show you how to: Ask for a song, artist or genre from Amazon Music, Spotify, and TuneIn. Use multi-room music to play music on Echo devices in different rooms, and pair Bluetooth speakers with your Echo. Play audiobooks, radio stations, news briefings and more. Call or message anyone hands-free who also has an Echo device or the Alexa App. Quickly connect to other Echo devices in your home using just your voice. Find and book appointments on your calendar, and make lists. Set up voice purchasing, so that you can use the Echo to place, track and and cancel orders for you. Ask Alexa to control your compatible smart lights, switches, TVs, and thermostats, or request an Uber, order a pizza, get train times, traffic information, news, weather, sports results and more. Get going with Amazon Echo and Alexa in easy steps : shows how to quickly get up and running with this exciting digital personal assistant, and start transforming your day-to-day activities-- all in easy steps"--ONIX annotation.

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"Start Your Own Virtual Assistant Business will teach you how to break free from your 9-5 and build your own business as a virtual assistant. From finding clients and managing multiple projects to billing and legal setup, the experts at Entrepreneur cover everything you need to build a successful virtual assistant business. Providing insider advice, tips, and tricks, along the way, this book will show you step by step how to equip yourself with the right tools to start, target your niche, and build customer relationships"--

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An accessible explanation of the technologies that enable such popular voice-interactive applications as Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant. An accessible explanation of the technologies that enable such popular voice-interactive applications as Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant. Pieraccini describes the software components that enable spoken communication between humans and computers, and explains why it’s so difficult to build machines that understand humans. He explains speech recognition technology; problems in extracting meaning from utterances in order to execute a request; language and speech generation; the dialog manager module; and interactions with social assistants and robots. Finally, he considers the next big challenge in the development of virtual assistants: building in more intelligence–enabling them to do more than communicate in natural language and endowing them with the capacity to know us better, predict our needs more accurately, and perform complex tasks with ease. -- Provided by publisher. "A brief introduction to the technology, the issues and future of virtual agents such as Siri, Alexa and the Google Assistant"--

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Use this book as an on-ramp to the development of enterprise-grade chatbots and digital assistants. It is based on real-life experience and explains everything you need to know to start building your own digital assistant (DA) using Oracle technologies. You will become familiar with the concepts involved in DA development from both a user experience and technical point of view. You will learn to create DAs using Oracle technologies, including the Oracle Digital Assistant Cloud. In the first part of the book, you will learn the basic principles of the digital assistant (AKA Chatbot) technology. You will be guided through the steps involved in designing a DA, including how to make sure that the user receives a satisfying experience when using the assistant. In the second part of the book, you will learn how to implement the digital assistant that was designed in the first part. You will begin with a basic implementation, later enhancing that implementation with agents, multi-language support, and webviews. The final part of the book adds a deep dive into custom component development with an example around sentiment analysis and speech. You will: Design digital assistants to meet business requirements Implement a great user experience for your digital assistants Translate digital assistant design into real implementations Build multi-language support into your assistants Enhance digital assistants with webviews Create custom components to extend feature sets.

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