Uploaded February 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Would you like to understand how lexical data power the development of chatbots?
WITMO - What Is The Meaning Of is a Facebook Messenger dictionary chatbot which allows you to search for the definitions of English words. It also provides synonyms, antonyms, and examples, being a handy tool for anyone learning English.
Developed by Sagar Sodah, Founder of Impact Tech, WITMO was one of the winners of the Oxford Dictionaries 2017 API competition, as Best Language-Learning App.
Come and join Sagar for an overview of WITMO and its structure, and the bot’s surprising journey from being a personal learning challenge to meeting the needs of an unexpected audience.
This session covered:
- What does WITMO do?
- WITMO’s journey: from a personal learning project to fulfilling the needs of an unexpected audience
- Overview of the chatbot’s architecture
- What I wished I knew before I started the project
- Q&A session
Who is this session for?
- Anyone developing projects that use linguistic data
- Those interested in chatbot development
- Those working with Facebook Messenger Bots, NodeJS, Heroku and Gupshup
- Those working with language engineering apps
Would you like to understand how lexical data power the development of chatbots?
WITMO - What Is The Meaning Of is a Facebook Messenger dictionary chatbot which allows you to search for the definitions of English words. It also provides synonyms, antonyms, and examples, being a handy tool for anyone learning English.
Developed by Sagar Sodah, Founder of Impact Tech, WITMO was one of the winners of the Oxford Dictionaries 2017 API competition, as Best Language-Learning App.
Come and join Sagar for an overview of WITMO and its structure, and the bot’s surprising journey from being a personal learning challenge to meeting the needs of an unexpected audience.
This session covered:
- What does WITMO do?
- WITMO’s journey: from a personal learning project to fulfilling the needs of an unexpected audience
- Overview of the chatbot’s architecture
- What I wished I knew before I started the project
- Q&A session
Who is this session for?
- Anyone developing projects that use linguistic data
- Those interested in chatbot development
- Those working with Facebook Messenger Bots, NodeJS, Heroku and Gupshup
- Those working with language engineering apps
