This document discusses conversational bots and provides an overview of their basics. It defines bots as apps that should provide a delightful user experience and can operate across various channels. It also lists some popular bot frameworks like Microsoft Bot Framework and describes common bot channels and features like text messages, buttons, and cards. The document promotes Telerik's conversational UI toolkit for building engaging bot interfaces and mentions its support for rich components, cross-platform use, and agnosticism to bot frameworks.

1. Sam Basu | @samidip
Telerik Developer Advocate
Frontier of Conversational Bots

2. So what exactly is a Bot?

6.  Bots are apps
 Bots should delight with UX
 Bots can be found in various Channels
 Bots should be intelligent

7. Conversation Bot Basics

8.  Microsoft Bot Framework
 Facebook Bot Engine
 Amazon Lex
 Google DialogFlow
 IBM Watson

11.  Web Chat
 Skype
 Cortana
 Twilio
 Slack
 Messenger
 Email
 Direct Line

12.  Text Messages
 Media in Messages
 Buttons
 Prompts
 Cards
 Dialogs

13. Care for some Demos?

15.  QnA Maker
 LUIS & NLP
 Speech
 Vision

16. Conversation Bot UX

17. Complete Rich .NET Toolbox
Any App | Any Platform

18. Polished Web/Mobile Components
Bring Your Framework

19. telerik.com/conversational-ui

20. Engaging Polished UI for Conversational Bots
Chatbot Framework Agnostic
Available for Web, Mobile & Desktop - .NET or JS
Consistent Design Experience
Enable Natural Conversation Flow with Rich Visual Experience
Flexible APIs | Easy to Implement

21. Modern UI for Chatbots

22.  State Management
 Debugging
 Authentication
 Middleware
 Analytics

24. Conversational UI for Bots
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