SIMPLICITY

FinTech Hackathon

Integration of digital banking with personal assistant technology 👍

Prerequisites

• virtualenv
• pip
• ngrok
• Amazon Developer Account

Installation

git clone https://github.com/joemulray/SIMPLICITY.git
cd SIMPLICITY

Activate virtualenv, install requirements

virtualenv .
source bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt
python mainassist.py

#Default port 5000 for flask environment
#In new shell, start ngrok service on same port as flask
ngrok http <port>

Instructions

• Make sure ngrok is running on same port as flask_ask
• Put all the needed information in Amazon Dev account in Alexa Skill (All neccecities inside git repo)
• Amazon Echo Skill Testing Tool
• Enjoy :)

Usage

• Follow the instructions returned via alexa to navigate app features

Features

• Scenario based conversation -> can not call functions that are outside the context of current conversation
• Smart identity confirmation -> asks for random number positions of a pin (just like signing in online banking)
• Broad range of functions:
  • Nearest branch
  • Number of nearby branches
  • Nearest ATM
  • Check account balance
  • Transfer between accounts

Limitations

• Dependent on Alexa voice recognition software
  • Function calling phrases may be similar to default Alexa phrases, thus may result in incorrect redirections
  • Voice to text is not 100% accurate. This will break out of the scenario path
  • May have security issues -> do not know how voice data is transferred to backend (encryption)

Acknoledgement

• Flask-Ask library to enable Alexa to python connection
• Alexa Flask-ASK Guide library as addon to Flask-Ask to allow scenario based conversations
• Echosim.io for Alexa emulation during testing