All about BotTalk and how to run a voice first discovery workshop with Andrey Esaulov

This week, we’re digging into how you can create an Alexa Skill
using BotTalk and we give you a template for running a voice
first discovery workshop, with SmartHaus Technologies CEO and
BotTalk co-founder, Andrey Esaulov.


We discuss the importance of starting with a solid use case and
how imperative it is to base your voice app on a real-world
scenario that’ll add value to your users.
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We then dive deep into the practical detail of how to approach
designing a voice first user experience with BotTalk and
find out more about the language it’s built in: YAML. We discuss
what BotTalk is, how it’s different from some of the other tools
on the market, how it works, it’s features and how you can get up
and running.


Finally, Andrey takes us through a voice first discovery workshop
template that he uses with clients in order to take a brand from
zero to hero: from ideation to prototype, and how you can do the
same too.


We also traverse some other interesting conversational landscapes
such as the concept of skill-first companies: brands that pop up
as skills which are the core of the business, like an app is for
Instagram. We chat about Artificial Intelligence and how
intelligent it actually is in the voice first space. We touch on
managing client expectations, monetisation and how voice is
making waves in Germany.



About BotTalk

The current selection skill building tools on the market are at
opposite ends of the technical spectrum. Some tools require you
to know how to code from the ground-up, like Jovo and be a
skilled back-end developer. Others have a drag and drop interface
and don’t require any coding at all, like Storyline.


BotTalk bridges the gap between those two worlds with a tool
that’s aimed at UX designers who have some basic coding
knowledge, like HTML and CSS. It provides some of the technical
capability you’d expect if you built something from scratch,
whilst providing a more simple coding language: YAML. Think of it
as HTML for voice.



Our Guest

Andrey Esaulov is the CEO of SmartHaus Technologies, which
specialise in growth hacking in the mobile space, and the
co-founder of BotTalk, a voice first and bot application building
platform.


Andrey has a computer science background, with expensive
experience in the start up world and mobile growth space, as well
as a PhD in Linguistics and Literacy.


Andrey’s skillset is a perfect match for this industry and his
knowledge in this area is vast. Couple his computer science and
linguistics knowledge with his skills in working with clients and
delivering growth and you’ve got a perfect recipe for success.



Links

Check out BotTalk


Follow Andrey on Twitter


Join the BotTalk Facebook community


Follow BotTalk on Insta


Watch the BotTalk tutorials on YouTube


Visit the Smarthaus Technologies website


Join the Alexa Slack channel


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