Engaging with the Google Assistant

DevFest NYC

2 Dec 2017

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Allen Firstenberg

Software developer / Consultant

Google Developer Expert for Assistant, IoT, Wearables, Identity

http://spiders.com/

http://prisoner.com/

http://prisoner.com/ubi/

Tell me about you

Mobile or web?
Alexa or Assistant?
Mac vs Windows?
JavaScript?

Kirk? Picard? Sisko? Janeway? Archer?

What are we talking about?

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What is the Google Assistant?

A conversation

between you and Google that helps you get things done

in your world.

Where do we find the Assistant?

Assistant SDK

Where do we find the Assistant?

English	US, UK, CA, AU, IN
French	CA, FR
Spanish	ES, 419 (US, MX)
Portugese	BR
German
Japanese
Korean
Italian

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What are Actions on Google?

Actions on Google is the API

that lets you engage in conversations

with other services

through the Google Assistant.

Dialogflow

Where Actions Run

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Privacy and Security

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How do we build an Action?

Design
Develop
Deploy

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What Personality Should it Have?

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Build a Script

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Keep in mind how people talk - not how they write.
Don't make "audible buttons".
Users may not respond for many reasons.
There are no errors.
Users have intent - help them get there.

Input Processing

Fulfillment

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Intents, Parameters,

Context, and Memory

Processing

Response

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Testing

Other Surfaces

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Discovery

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Who Cares?

Firebase

Functions
Database
Hosting

Dialogflow

Actions Console

Assistant Simulator

Google Analytics

Chatbase

Dashbot.IO

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Summary

Voice is a new and powerful tool
Think outside the dialog box
Develop a personality
Script the conversation
Context is Queen
Separate your request and response from your business logic
Start with voice - and then go further

Keep talking to others - we're all still learning!

https://spiders.com/

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https://developers.google.com/actions

Stack Overflow: actions-on-google

https://g.co/actionsdev