Vuics

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Inspiration

We found that talking to websites is a new way to get and share information through the Internet instead of reading/typing/clicking. People could use voice interfaces for their business and personal sites. But there's a problem, that it's difficult for developers to integrate voice interface into their apps or websites. We found a simple solution for the integration problem.

What it does

Vuics is a Platform-as-a-Service that helps software engineers to build and serve Voice User Interfaces (VUI) for any websites and apps. Vuics also provides VUI-integration services for anyone.

Vuics PaaS has a dashboard, VUI builder, VUI analytics, documentation, support, React.js integration component, command line interface, and other features.

How I built it

We picked the following technologies to implement Vuics PaaS:

• Artificial Intelligence,
• Speech Recognition,
• Speech Synthesis,
• Natural Language Understanding,
• Chatbots,
• Full-Stack.

We built backend with:

• AWS (API Gateway, Lambda, AppSync, DynamoDB, Cognito, PinPoint, Polly, S3, CloudFront, EKS, Transcribe, IAM, LexOrganizations, Trusted Advisor, CloudFormation, CloudTrail, WorkMail, CloudWatch, Certificate Manager, Route53, Amplify, SDK, CLI, Console, etc.),
• Node.js,
• NPM,
• GraphQL,
• Claudia.js.

We built front-end distributed by CloudFront with using:

• JavaScript,
• React.js,
• Semantic UI,
• Web Speech API.

We developed a CLI and shared on NPM.

We also created react.js component as a package that we added on NPM.

We added support with:

• Intercom,
• Email.

We also used other technologies.

Challenges I ran into

The challenging was to build the whole platform with:

• Full-Stack including browser client and cloud solutions.
• Frontend including views: Home (https://vuics.com), Pricing, Jobs, Accounts, etc.
• Backend: Vuics API (https://api.vuics.com), Authorization, Plans.
• Dashboard.
• VUI Builder.
• VUI Analytics.
• Documentation.
• Command Line Interface for building VUI: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@vuics/cli.
• React.js component: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@vuics/react.
• Voice User Interface for Vuics Home Page.
• Examples with voice interfaces: Hello World (https://helloworld.vuics.com/), Order Coffee (https://ordercoffee.vuics.com/), Website Example (https://website.vuics.com/).

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I proud with:

• Participation in AWS Artificial Intelligence Hackathon. Thanks to the AWS Team for organizing the Hackathon.
• Building the whole platform-as-a-service during just 2 months.
• Applying cutting-edge technologies and cloud solutions in the development of the Vuics platform.
• Developing the PaaS that could make popular to create voice user interfaces and integrate them into websites and apps.
• Creating the platform that could become a startup.
• Believing that we could talk with any websites and apps in the nearest feature.

What I learned

I learned:

• how to use many AWS Services.
• how to communicate with AWS Support.
• how to participate in AWS Online Conference.
• how to use some other technologies like Claudia.js, GraphQL, Semantic UI, etc.
• how to write almost all the code of the Vuics platform.
• how to create several voice interfaces of different complexity.
• how to create my first PaaS in life.
• how to create a react component and share on NPM.
• how to participate in AWS Artificial Intelligence Hackathon. This is my first online hackathon. And the first hackathon on DevPost.

What's next for Vuics

The next possible goals are:

• Continue development of the Vuics platform.
• Invite more potential customers onboard.
• Marketing and sales.
• Creating groups on Facebook, Twitter and profiles in AngelList, ProductHunt, etc.
• Develop many new voice user interfaces for potential customers.
• Create more useful examples.
• Develop voice browser on the base of voice user interfaces created by Vuics users.
• Enable creating of Voice User Interfaces through using Voice User Interface.
• Add features with voiceprint and voice ID for voice user authentication. That will allow to input user passwords, credit card numbers, and credentials thru Voice UI.
• Make a leap in VUI with adding emotions, humor, hypnosis, music, and other innovative features.
• And make something even more awesome.

Built With

• amazon-web-services
• amplify
• api-gateway
• appsync
• artificial-intelligence
• aws-cli
• aws-console
• aws-organizations
• aws-sdk
• certificate-manager
• chatbots
• claudiajs
• cloud-formation
• cloudfront
• cloudtrail
• cloudwatch
• cognito
• dynamodb
• graphql
• iam
• javascript
• lambda
• lex
• natural-language-understanding
• node.js
• pinpoint
• polly
• react
• route53
• s3
• sematic-ui
• speech-recognition
• speech-synthesis
• transcribe
• trusted-advisor
• web-speech-api
• workmail