Week 2

Current Week Objectives: Work on IBM Watson's Text to Speech, Speech to Text, and Conversation API

Current Week Accomplishments/Hours Worked:

Day 6 - 1/16/17 | None

Day 7 - 1/17/17 | 10:30AM-2PM

I forked IBM Watson’s github repository into my Bluemix server to look at their code. The code I looked at was for their Text to Speech, and Speech to Text application. I tried to understand how they created the application with node.js and their cloud services.

Day 8 - 1/18/17 | 8AM-2PM

Today I worked on IBM’s Conversation service and Text to Speech. I studied other codes that had Text to Speech in their applications and tried to create my own application. I ended up just taking IBM’s code and edited it around to see how they coded applications with watson services.

Day 9 - 1/19/17 | 10:30AM-2PM

I presented everything I learned on IBM Bluemix to a class. I showed them how to create  a simple application on Bluemix cloud services. This uses an SDK that is already on the cloud for developers to use. After the app is created I showed them how to add a service onto the application, i.e. the Text to Speech service. I demonstrated how IBM’s applications worked by showing them the Text to Speech and Speech to Text. I also showed them the conversation service that I worked on by myself.

Day 10 - 1/20/17 | 8AM-2PM

I started to learn how to use Cassandra Database. I watched videos on how to get started with the database. I downloaded the software onto my laptop and tried to get used to it as a beginner. I used tutorials to help me get a better understanding on Apache Cassandra.

Week two total = 23 Hours

Next Week Objectives: My main objective for next week is to get used to Apache Cassandra and start using it to manage a database.  

Key Lessons Learned/New Skills Acquired: I started learning a new database that I have never used before. I acquired more knowledge on IBM’s Bluemix cloud services.

Issues and Concerns: I had some trouble with building an application with IBM cloud services. I did not have strong knowledge of node.js, and IBM’s application was built on node.js.