About the project

The bot which generates hands gestures for the word given as input and helps in communication with those who have hearing disabilities.

Echo Bot template

This bot has been created using Bot Framework, it shows how to create a simple bot that accepts input from the user and echoes it back.

Prerequisites

• Node.js version 10.14 or higher

  # determine node version
  node --version

To run the bot locally

• Download the bot code from the Build blade in the Azure Portal (make sure you click "Yes" when asked "Include app settings in the downloaded zip file?").
  • If you clicked "No" you will need to copy all the Application Settings properties from your App Service to your local .env file.
• Install modules

  npm install

• Run the bot

  npm start

Testing the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

Bot Framework Emulator is a desktop application that allows bot developers to test and debug their bots on localhost or running remotely through a tunnel.

• Install the Bot Framework Emulator version 4.5.2 or greater from here

Connect to the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

• Launch Bot Framework Emulator
• File -> Open Bot
• Enter a Bot URL of http://localhost:3978/api/messages

Deploy the bot to Azure

To learn more about deploying a bot to Azure, see Deploy your bot to Azure for a complete list of deployment instructions.

Further reading

• Bot Framework Documentation
• Bot Basics
• Azure Bot Service Introduction
• Azure Bot Service Documentation
• Deploy your bot to Azure
• Azure CLI
• Azure Portal
• Activity processing
• Language Understanding using LUIS
• Channels and Bot Connector Service
• Restify
• dotenv