1. Set up your Watson Credentials (Video from IBM)

• Speech to Text Lite (or Standard, for custom language models)
• Assistant Lite

Custom language models are great for improving accuracy, but they do cost extra. It is your responsibility to monitor your IBM Watson usage. Mixspace Technologies does not cover the cost of these services. See IBM’s pricing guide for details.

Note that the Speech to Text Standard plan no longer provides free minutes as of December 1st. See IBM’s pricing update for details.

2. Run the Lexicon Samples

See Troubleshooting if you have any issues.

3. Create your first Intent

Create the change color intent.

4. Learn about Intent Handlers

Intent handlers let you process intents directly in a scene. Here we turn the lights on and off.

5. Learn about Entities

Learn how to handle phrases like “create five barrels” using prefab entities and system entities.