What it does

Wit.ai lets developers add voice and text interaction to their own products, mapping what users say to the intent behind a request and the details inside it. The site's example turns a sentence about posting recent pictures to Facebook into an intent with values for ordering, limit, media type and target network. The site points to chat bots on messaging platforms, mobile apps, smart home controls and wearable devices as places to use it. It cites more than 350,000 developers and support for 132 languages. Getting started material includes written docs, a quick start guide and video tutorials, including one on building a Messenger bot. Sign-in goes through a Meta account, and the site links a community Facebook group and a GitHub forum for help. The newest news item on the page dates from June 2020, when a refreshed version was introduced.

Capabilities

Turns spoken or typed requests into structured intents and values
Supports 132 languages, according to the site
Aimed at bots, mobile apps, smart home devices and wearables
Quick start guide, docs and video tutorials
Community help through a Facebook group and a GitHub forum

When to use it

Adding voice or text commands to an app or device you are building
Building a chat bot for a messaging platform such as Messenger
Mapping free-form user requests to actions in your own software