Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened?
by cortesoft on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:35AM
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Most chat bots respond to ‘help’ with a list of commands.
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Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened?
by mrtksn on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:43AM
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In my experience, these "commands" are also quite vague. Instead of expecting the "help", they should just put (x) and show the menu where I can click on things and be done with it.
On voice interface, your best chanse is to connect to an actual intelligent being as soon as possible because getting the options is a frustration by it's own.
Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened?
by Bartweiss on Friday June 08, 2018 @11:15AM
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My experience is that they tend to repeat their intro dialogue, which is often something like "tell me a few words about why you're calling, for instance you could say 'upgrade account' or 'billing issue'". Unlike keypress phone trees, they virtually never enumerate all the options.
If I'm saying 'help' it means I've tried that and failed, so it's not clear what the benefit is.