In this presentation I will review how voice interaction interface can be implemented in different applications and devices through API, and why should developers do that.

1. The Importance of Voice
Interaction APIs for Mobile Apps
and Smart Devices
Egor Naumov
i-Free Innovations
Mobile Voice Conference
March 4, 2014

2. Speaker Bio
Egor Naumov
Head of AI Assistants Product Group
i-Free Innovations
St. Petersburg, Russia
What we do
• We make Artificial Intelligence products, based on our NLP and voice interaction
technologies
• Launched first Voice Interaction Open API for Russian language, which lets developers
implement voice interaction into various applications

3. Voice Interaction – what is it?
intelligent system

4. Voice Interaction – it’s hard!
specific
qualifications
expensive
professionals

5. Why APIs?
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6. Use case 1: Pizza App

8. Use case 2: Recipe App

10. Use case 3: Smart House

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14. Use Case 4: Spaceship

18. How is it business?
There are several ways to make it commercially attractive:

19. How is it business?
There are several ways to make it commercially attractive:There are several ways to make it commercially attractive:

20. How is it business?
There are several ways to make it commercially attractive:

21. Good APIs, bad APIs
Documentation vs. Figure-it-out-on-your-own
Support vs. No support
Public/Free vs. Paid
?
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22. Post scriptum
– APIs let technology spread around the world much faster
– APIs can make other people come up with new ways to implement
your technology
– Voice Interaction APIs might be the only good way to make profitable
business on this market :-)

23. Thanks for watching.
Now, go make some APIs!

24. Questions?
Egor Naumov
i-Free Innovations
e.naumov@i-free.com