While campaigning, what does a political  candidate spend most of their time doing? That’s right, they are pumping hands, waving to crowds and, of course, talking — and answering the same questions over and over again.

The advent of voice first technology, such as voice assistants on the Amazon Echo and Google Home, offers the political candidate a whole new channel that is well suited for their purposes: a way for people to get know them and get a sense of their personality and, crucially, understand where the candidate stands on the major issues of the day. Indeed, what better way to get a feel for a candidate than to ask them questions and listen to them answer them in their very own voice?

Enter Witlingo!

Imagine an Amazon Alexa skill and/or a Google Assistant action that lets potential voters engage with a candidate in a back and forth conversation, like the one shown in this video:

Here are a few key things that a voter can do with a political candidate’s Amazon Alexa skill or Google Assistant action :

– Get answers to questions about the candidate and the policy positions that they hold
– Receive notifications and alerts: for instance, where the candidate will be next, their next big TV appearance, etc.
– For those who have a visual device (an Echo Show/Spot, a Google tablet), see pictures, maps, and other graphics
– And more…

In addition to a published Amazon Alexa skill/Google Assistant action, here are some additional things that a candidate and their campaign will be able using Witlingo’s tools:
– Analytics showing the traffic that the candidate’s skill/action is generating
– Exactly exactly what people are asking
– The ability to send outbound notifications from the Witlingo web portal to users of Alexa skill or Google action
– The ability to upload audio files that will be played for users
– The ability to upload images that will be shown to users who have a visual component to their voice device
– And more…

Check out some political skills we have deployed recently:

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