How to Build a Quokkabot

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A WhatsApp and email chatbot that identifies quokkas by sending images to Microsoft Custom Vision and returning a confidence score builds on Twilio WhatsApp, Custom Vision, SendGrid and Azure Functions. Training starts with ~50+ images per tag; early errors confuse wombats and kangaroos but accuracy reaches ~99% on familiar photos (dog classified 98% as not-quokka). Replies include a quokka photo or fact, results stream into Twilio Sync for a live dashboard, and the demo runs live with occasional retraining needed.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 14:57Image Classification
3. 17:33Custom Vision
4. 19:00Classify Image
5. 30:46Quokka Facts
6. 34:40Fun Facts about Quokkas
7. 43:03Email
8. 49:25Update Image Function
9. 53:37Add a Twitter Bot

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