Microsoft Teams now works with Botkit, what this means for Developers
In a recent blog post, the Microsoft Teams development team announced their support for Botkit integration with Microsoft Teams. Botkit is a popular open-source bot...
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Live Coding! Build a bot in a session at UC Day 2017
Well, it seemed like a good idea when I filled in the Session Submission form 🙂 I’m going to be giving a session at UC Day 2017, but this year it’s going...
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Building a Speech Transcription and Translation Bot in Skype for Business using UCMA and Microsoft Translator API
Ever since I first saw the Presentation Translator about a month ago I wondered if it was possible to use the technology behind it in Skype for Business calls. Having...
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Non-technical walkthrough for anyone – Make your next presentation AWESOME with real-time subtitles and translation!
Wouldn’t it be fantastic if every presentation you gave or watched came with subtitles for those that are hard of hearing? Speakers could present in their native...
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I’ve just updated my home page. Here’s why.
I’ve just made a number of changes to my homepage at thoughtstuff.co.uk. I’ve removed some stuff, added some news things, and re-arranged. I thought that it...
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You have less than a month to upgrade your old Bot Builder bots!
If you were building Bot Framework bots before November 2016, listen up! Support for any versions of Bot Builder prior to version 3.5 is being discontinued on July...
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Hi, I'm Tom. I'm a Developer & Architect specialising in communication technology and AI-powered solutions. I empower developers, architects, and organisations to achieve more by creating applications and services — from intelligent agents and bots to integrations, automation, and developer tooling.
I'm passionate about creating great software that people will find useful and I want to help you do the same. This is my blog, you can find more about me, speaking engagements, code samples and more on my main site.