Dialogflow
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| Type | Conversational AI |
| Website | cloud |
Dialogflow is a natural language understanding platform that makes it easy to design and integrate a conversational user interface into your mobile app, web application, device, bot, interactive voice response system, and so on. Using Dialogflow, you can provide new and engaging ways for users to interact with your product.
Dialogflow can analyze multiple types of input from your customers, including text or audio inputs (like from a phone or voice recording). It can also respond to your customers in a couple of ways, either through text or with synthetic speech.
History
In May 2012, Speaktoit received a venture round (funding terms undisclosed) from Intel Capital.[1] In July 2014, Speaktoit closed their Series B funding led by Motorola Solutions Venture Capital with participation from new investor Plug and Play Ventures and existing backers Intel Capital and Alpine Technology Fund.[2]
In September 2014, Speaktoit released api.ai (the voice-enabling engine that powers Assistant) to third-party developers, allowing the addition of voice interfaces to apps based on Android, iOS, HTML5, and Cordova.[3][4] The SDK's contain voice recognition, natural language understanding, and text-to-speech. api.ai offers a web interface to build and test conversation scenarios. The platform is based on the natural language processing engine built by Speaktoit for its Assistant application.[3] Api.ai allows Internet of Things developers to include natural language voice interfaces in their products.[5] Assistant and Speaktoit's websites now redirect to api.ai's website, which redirects to the Dialogflow website.
Google bought the company in September 2016[6] and was initially known as API.AI; it provides tools to developers building apps ("Actions") for the Google Assistant virtual assistant.[7] It was renamed on 10 October 2017 as Dialogflow.[8]
The organization discontinued the Assistant app on December 15, 2016.
References
- ^ "Speaktoit Secures Funding From Intel". Bloomberg. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ^ "Speaktoit Scores $2.6M to Put Virtual Assistant Into Cars, Robots and Wearables". The Wall Street Journal. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ a b Wierema, Sam (16 September 2014). "Build your own Siri: Api.ai offers voice integration for all". The Next Web.
- ^ "api.ai Documentation".
- ^ Tolentino, Mellisa (19 September 2014). "New platforms, upgrades simplify life for IoT developers". Silicon Angle.
- ^ "TechCrunch is now a part of Verizon Media".
- ^ api.ai
- ^ Introducing Dialogflow, the new name for api.ai
Further reading
- Brandon, John (June 1, 2013). "Speaktoit Review". Laptop Magazine. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Hopkins, Brent W (April 3, 2012). "Speaktoit Assistant 0.1.2 review". PC Advisor. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Warman, Matt (October 13, 2011). "SpeakToIt Android app review". The Telegraph. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
{{cite news}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - "You Can Actually Teach This Virtual Assistant for Android". Tom's Guide. January 28, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
