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24 alternatives to O'Reilly Bots - #4 - Cathy Pearl on voice user interfaces for bots

The basics of VUI design

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. O'Reilly Bots - #4 - Cathy Pearl on voice user interfaces for bots launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   What are conversational bots?▲102

   An introduction to and overview of AI-driven chatbots

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2BE
   BotEngine – Easy tool for creating chatbots▲124

   2017 · botengine.ai · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Chatbots▲102

   Conversational UI and the future of online interaction

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4AT
   A tool to make a bot that speaks like you, learning from WhatsApp chats▲134

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Project Murphy▲140

   The chat bot with imagination by Microsoft

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Botbuzz▲127

   On-Demand chatbot developers

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Nikbot▲64

   A multilingual AI chatbot

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Bots for Intercom with Converse.AI▲119

   Scaling conversations in Intercom - without code

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Hustle Episode 60: Imagine an Army of Friend Bots (with Chris Messina)▲20

   Open source, conversational UI and contextual design

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Designing Bots▲13

    Creating Conversational Experiences

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Tenyks – The service-oriented IRC bot I've been working on▲57

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12FM
    Facebook Messenger Bot – Voice Recognition, NLP, Restaurant/News Search▲57

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Designing Bots▲6

    Creating Conversational Experiences

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14BO
    Botpress – Open-Source Bots Platform Written in JavaScript▲33

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15BA
    Building a “Babel Fish”, realtime translation of voice calls▲45

    2018 · nexmo.com · its alternatives →

16. 16BA
    Botmaster – a new platform agnostic chatbot framework▲16

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17MA
    MyBot, a chatbot playground for AI enthusiasts▲5

    2017 · mybot.be · its alternatives →

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    Leova – An API to Add AI-Powered Voice to Mobile Apps in Mere Minutes▲19

    2015 · leova.io · its alternatives →

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    Nlux.ai – Build AI Chatbots with React/JS▲9

    A new open source React / JS library that makes it super simple to create conversational AI interfaces, using ChatGPT or any other LLM

    2024 · nlux.ai · its alternatives →

20. 20BO
    Bot or Not? AI voices vs. humans▲13

    My cofounder and I were playing with AI voices from different vendors and were shocked at how good the results were. We decided to make a game so you can test your own ability to tell humans from AI voices. This has helped us narrow down which voices we'd like to use for an upcoming project—perhaps you will find it useful and/or interesting too! Would love to hear any feedback you have!

    2024 · bot.unison.fm · its alternatives →

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    An hour in front of you? Build your own on-device Voice AI▲17

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    Vincent▲6

    Bringing news and personalization into a chatbot

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23BC
    BotEngine – chatbots for LiveChat▲17

    2017 · livechatinc.com · its alternatives →

24. 24OS
    Open-Source Quarter Sized AI Voice Assistant (ESP32-Pipecat)▲5

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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