Building cross platform voice applications

Agenda:

7:00 - 7:30pm Food + Networking

7:30 - 8:00pm "Lessons learned from Building Cross-Platform Voice Apps" by Alex Swetlow and Jan König, founders of JOVO

8:00 - 8:30pm "How to make your Alexa Skills work on Cortana - Whats involved?" by Michael Wang, Director of Technology, FreshDigitalGroup

8:30 - 9:00pm Q&A

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Details of the talk:

Lessons learned from Building Cross-Platform Voice Apps

In this talk, similarities and differences of developing voice apps for different platforms will be discussed. The creators of Jovo will present learnings from developing the open source framework for cross-platform development, and talk about advantages of both voice platforms. Additionally, they will share findings from their own voice app development projects and opportunities for tool and skill developers.

How to make your Alexa Skills work on Cortana - Whats involved?

This discussion will cover the intricacies of Alexa and Cortana and why it is so different to develop on those two platforms. There are many technical details and challenges to developing skills across platforms, and Michael will talk about how to make a skill for both platforms with the least effort. This conversation will also break down Alexa and Cortana unique elements and why some clients prefer to make skills on Cortana vs. Alexa. In addition to that, Michael will cover interesting trends in the voice space as they are constantly growing and evolving. In addition to all of this, Michael will break down how Fresh Digital Group’s Data Management Platform (DMP) will help the process of cross-platform skill development.

Speakers:

Alex Swetlow and Jan KönigFounders of Jovo
Jovo, the first open source framework that helps developers to build apps that work on both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant with only one code base. Jovo is based in Berlin and was one of 8 voice companies to go through the voicecamp accelerator by betaworks in NYC. On top of the framework, the team is working on an API that allows developers to create multimodal user experiences. You can learn more about Jovo (http://www.jovo.tech) and find the free framework here (https://github.com/jovotech/jovo-framework-nodejs):

Michael WangDirector of Technology, FreshDigitalGroup
With over 400 live skills among Alexa, Cortana, and Google Home, Michael Wang and Fresh Digital Group have pioneered their way through the voice landscape and its various platforms in this new connected age. As the Director of Technology at Fresh Digital Group, the premiere experienced voice interaction design and development studio, Michael oversees his teams as they execute projects at different scales, and design and implements comprehensive systems. He graduated from Purdue University in Indiana where he received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a concentration in system programming. He received his Master’s degree in Management and Systems from NYU. You can learn more about FreshDigitalGroup (https://www.freshdigitalgroup.com/)