# Conversational UI

## Apps and bots
### Standalone
* [MedWhat](https://medwhat.com/). Virtual medical assistant.
* [Quartz](http://qz.com/613700/its-here-quartzs-first-news-app-for-iphone/). Chat with the news. 
* [Operator](https://www.operator.com/). Buy anything, mainly from Amazon. 
* [First Opinion](https://firstopinionapp.com/). Chat with a doctor. 
* [Luka](https://luka.ai/). Restaurant recommendations in San Francisco 
* [Lark](http://www.web.lark.com/#top). Fitness coach. 
* [Hyper](https://www.usehyper.com). Flights and hotels. 
* [Pana](http://pana.com). Flights, hotels, recommendations. 
* [Lola](https://www.lolatravel.com/). Flights, hotels, recommendations. 
* [Hound](http://www.soundhound.com/hound)
* [Fin](https://www.fin.ventures/). General meetings
* [Penny](https://www.pennyapp.io/). Personal finance coach
* [Little Bing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaoice) Microsoft
* [Riley](https://getrileynow.com). Apartment hunting.
* [Night Owl](http://www.heynightowl.com/). Homework help. 
* [Mezi](https://mezi.com/). Shopping assistant.
* [Josh](https://www.josh.ai/). Home automation assistant.
* [Evia](https://insurify.com/evia). Insurance assistant. 
* [MagicTiger](http://magictiger.com/). Order anything.
* [Suto](http://asksuto.com/). Expert product recommendations. 
* [Bradley](http://www.heybradley.com/). Travel booking and recommendations.
* [PadPolish](http://www.padpolish.com/). Housekeeping.
* [HelloShopper](https://www.helloshopper.com). Gift ideas.
* [Ava](http://www.heyava.com/). Find experts.
* [TalkSpace](http://www.talkspace.com/). Talk to a therapist.
* [Alice](https://couple.me/alice). An artificial intelligence partner. 

### Bots on Telegram, Slack, WeChat and SMS
* [Telegram bot store] (https://storebot.me/)
* [DiggBot](http://digg.com/diggbot). News bot on Slack.
* [Forbes on Telegram](http://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2016/02/23/introducing-the-forbes-newsbot-on-telegram/#1f4e3bf13117). Chat with the news. 
* [Skyscanner on Telegram](http://codevoyagers.com/2015/11/14/the-bots-are-coming%E2%80%8B-conversational-ui-and-introducing-the-skyscanner-telegram-bot/?linkId=19155965). Flights. 
* [Taylor on Telegram](https://taylorbot.com). Travel recommendations. 
* [Meekan on Slack](https://meekan.com/slack/). Calendar booking.
* [Meekan on HipChat](https://meekan.com/hipchat/). Calendar booking. 
* [Magic on SMS](https://getmagicnow.com/). Do anything over.
* [Cloe on SMS](http://www.meetcloe.co/). Calendar booking. 
* [Peter on email](https://hirepeter.com)
* [Assist on SMS, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Telegram](http://www.assi.st/). Daily tasks like ordering flowers or a taxi. 
* [Birdly on Slack](https://slack.getbirdly.com/). Expenses. 
* [Digit](https://digit.co). Personal finance optimization
* [Prompt on SMS](http://www.promptapp.io/help). Command line for the real world. 
- [Nestor on Slack](https://www.asknestor.me).
- [Howdy on Slack](http://howdy.ai/). 
- [Gobutler](http://www.gobutlernow.com/). General assistant.
- [Unload](http://unld.it/). Sell stuff with a text.
- [Awesome PA](http://textawesome.co.uk/). Personal assistant for startups.
- [Drinkeasy](http://drinkeasy.co/). Alcohol recommendations and delivery. 
- [Pro](https://pro.com). Home projects. 
- [Hello Hipmunk](https://www.hipmunk.com/hello). Travel booking.
- [Sensei](https://sensay.it/). Help with anything. 
- [WeChat secretary](http://wesecretary.com/).
- [Julia](http://getgems.org/julia/). Bitcoin teller.
- [Dispatch](http://dispatch.pm/). Order anything from London stores.


### Calendar bots
* [Clara](https://claralabs.com/)
* [x.ai](https://x.ai/)
* [Meekan](https://meekan.com/slack/)
* [Julie Desk](https://www.juliedesk.com/). 

### Bots from The Big Four
* [Microsoft Tay](https://www.tay.ai/)
* [Google Now and Search](https://www.google.com/landing/now/)
* Amazon Alexa on [Echo](http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-SK705DI-Echo/dp/B00X4WHP5E), [Tap](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VXS8E8S/ref=fs_ods_fs_aucc_fx) and [Dot](http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=14047587011)
* Microsoft [Cortana](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mobile/experiences/cortana/)
* [Facebook M](http://www.wired.com/2015/08/facebook-launches-m-new-kind-virtual-assistant/)

### Keyboards
* [Wonder Keybaord](http://www.typewithwonder.com/)
* [Slash Keybaord](http://tapslash.com/)
* [Meet](https://sunrise.am/meet/). Sunrise
* [WordsU](http://www.wordsu.com/). Write with different personas.
* [Homer](http://homer.ms/). Conversation keyboard.

## Physical products
* [Amazon Echo](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X4WHP5E)

## Books
* [Wired for Speech](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001949SMM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1)
* [The Jack Principles](http://demos.jellyvisionlab.com/downloads/The_Jack_Principles.pdf)
* [The Media Equation](http://www.amazon.com/The-Media-Equation-Computers-Television/dp/1575860538/ref=pd_sim_14_10?ie=UTF8&dpID=51KGobpmiqL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR106%2C160_&refRID=0E5AZXPPMAV64HF1GVT2). How People Treat Computers, Television, and New Media Like Real People and Places.

## Often-referred-to articles
- [Conversational UIs](http://interconnected.org/home/2015/06/16/conversational_uis) by Matt Webb.
- [Futures of text](http://whoo.ps/2015/02/23/futures-of-text) by Jonathan Libov
- [2016 will be the year of conversational commerce](https://medium.com/chris-messina/2016-will-be-the-year-of-conversational-commerce-1586e85e3991#.1lebb324y) by Chris Messina 
- [On Bots, Conversation Apps, and Fin](https://www.fin.ventures/letters/on-bots-conversational-apps-and-fin) by Sam Lessin
- [Making a chat bot](https://medium.com/@rob_ellis/creating-a-chat-bot-42861e6a2acd#.i5ytqhgmj) by Rob Ellis
- [Design is a conversation](https://blog.intercom.io/design-is-a-conversation/) by Emmet Connoly
- [When One App Rules Them All: The Case of WeChat and Mobile in China](http://a16z.com/2015/08/06/wechat-china-mobile-first/) by Connie Chan
- [Messaging and mobile platforms](http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2015/3/24/the-state-of-messaging) by Benedict Evans

## News
- [Messaging Weekly](http://www.messagingweekly.com/). From the Smooch team. 
- Medium: [Conversational UI](https://medium.com/tag/conversational-ui), [Conversational Commerce](https://medium.com/tag/conversational-commerce) [2](https://medium.com/tag/convcomm), [Chat](https://medium.com/tag/chat), [Messaging](https://medium.com/tag/messaging)

## Movies
* [Her](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/). 2013. 
* [2001: A Space Odyssey](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/?ref_=ttqt_qt_tt). 1968. 

## For developers
### Natural language processing
* [Wit.ai](https://wit.ai/)
* [API.ai](https://api.ai/)

### Full service APIs and packages
- [Microsoft Botbuilder] (https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder).
- [Motion.ai](http://motion.ai/)
- [Lobby Boy](http://supportkit.github.io/lobby-boy/).
- [Smooch](https://smooch.io/).   
- [Rhombus](https://www.getrhombus.com). 

### Hosting
[Beep Boop](https://beepboophq.com/). Hosting for Slack robots.

### APIs
* [Botkit for Slack](https://github.com/howdyai/botkit)
* [Telegram Bot API](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api)
* [Amazon Alexa Skills Kit](https://developer.amazon.com/appsandservices/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit). 

### Examples
- [Monica](https://github.com/zephrys/monica). Food ordering command line. 

### UI Kits
* [Atlas](https://atlas.layer.com/ios). Conversation list, chat, input. For iOS and Android. 
* [Chats](https://github.com/acani/Chats). Full open source iOS native chat app. 
* [ParseChat](https://github.com/relatedcode/ParseChat). 

## Misc
- [Ongoing Product Hunt Collection](https://www.producthunt.com/@chrismessina/collections/convcomm) by Chris Messina
