Explore conversational AI with Amazon Lex

Discover how Amazon Lex enables intelligent voice and text conversations by exploring its features, technical concepts, pricing, chatbot architecture, and guided bot creation using the AWS Management Console.

Create intelligent chatbot experiences

Apply Amazon Lex to real-world scenarios by exploring common use cases, implementation considerations, and the process of designing, testing, and deploying conversational bots using AWS tools.

You’ll access learning content and practical activities online through Amazon Web Services (AWS), alongside your FutureLearn course experience, giving you direct access to AWS learning as you progress.

Syllabus

Week 1
Amazon Lex Getting Started
- Amazon Lex Getting Started
  In this activity, you will learn how Amazon Lex works, its key concepts, benefits, use cases, and architecture. You will also understand its cost structure and implement a hands-on chatbot demonstration in the console.

When would you like to start?

Start straight away and join a global classroom of learners. If the course hasn’t started yet you’ll see the future date listed below.

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Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Describe how Amazon Lex works.
Recognize the benefits of Amazon Lex.
Explain the cost structure of Amazon Lex.
Familiarize yourself with the technical concepts of Amazon Lex.
List typical use cases for Amazon Lex.
Specify what it would take to implement Amazon Lex in a real-world scenario.
Explore how to build an Amazon Lex bot in the AWS Management Console.

Who is the course for?

This course is ideal for developers, cloud practitioners, AI enthusiasts, solutions architects, and anyone interested in building conversational interfaces using Amazon Lex and AWS services.

Who developed the course?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS is the world’s most comprehensive cloud, enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and scale more efficiently.

What's included?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) are offering everyone who joins this course a free digital upgrade, so that you can experience the full benefits of studying online for free. This means that you get:

Unlimited access to this course

Includes any articles, videos, peer reviews and quizzes

A PDF Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you’re eligible

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Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate

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