Microsoft Azure Bot Service (ABS) Plugin 1.0.0 to the UniMRCP Server (UMS) has been released.

The plugin is based on the following components:

• UniMRCP Server 1.7.0
• Azure Speech SDK 1.11.0

The binaries are currently available for the following Linux distributions:

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (unimrcp-azure-bot_1.7.0-xenial_amd64.deb)
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (unimrcp-azure-bot_1.7.0-bionic_amd64.deb)

IVR platforms can now utilize conversational interfaces provided by Microsoft Azure via UniMRCP Server.

The new plugin is intended to support the following two back-ends provided by Microsoft Azure for development of conversational interfaces.

LUIS

With the current release, the plugin allows to perform streaming speech transcription based on intents specified in a LUIS model. With this mode of operation, the speech application ultimately controls the dialog flow by specifying a LUIS model and a set of intents to be applied to each recognition request. The speech application may reference multiple LUIS models in the scope of a single MRCP session.

Bot Service

In a follow-up release, the plugin will support interactions with Bot Service via Direct Line Speech. The dialog flow is controlled by a bot in this case. The bot returns a detected intent and also the next prompt to be played to the caller.

Reference

For more information on LUIS and Bot Service, start with basic concepts.

• LUIS
• Azure Bot Service

For installation, configuration and usage instructions, follow the guides available on a new Azure Bot plugin page.

http://www.unimrcp.org/azbot

Please note this is a commercial module. Everyone is welcome to start evaluation by requesting a trial license.

Thank you for using UniMRCP.

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Arsen Chaloyan
Author of UniMRCP
http://www.unimrcp.org