Engage with the Google Assistant
28 Jul 2020
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Dialogflow and Actions Builder
Allen Firstenberg
Software developer / Consultant
New York
Google Developer Expert for Assistant, GSuite,
IoT, Wearables, Identity
http://spiders.com/
http://prisoner.com/
Twitter: @afirstenberg
http://prisoner.com/ubi/
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?
Where do we find the Assistant?
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| English | French | Spanish | Portuguese | |
| AU | CA | ES | BR | Cantonese |
| CA | FR | 419 | Turkish | Chinese (Trad.) |
| GB | BE | German | Norwegian | Hindi |
| IN | Dutch | DE | Swedish | Thai |
| BE | BE | AT | Danish | Indonesian |
| SG | NL | CH | Italian | Japanese |
| US | Polish | BE | Russian | Korean |
What are Actions on Google?
Actions on Google is the API
that lets you engage in conversations
with other services
through the Google Assistant.
Where Actions Run
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Dialogflow
Actions Builder
Dialogflow
- Actions on Google v2
- Actions + other chat platforms
- Many pre-defined entities
- No command line
- Intent-based design + context
- Static response or webhook
Actions Builder
- Actions on Google v3
- Actions only
- Fewer pre-defined entities
- Command line
- Graphical scene-based design
- Conditionals, static prompts, and webhook
Natural Language Processing tools
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(And you can use your own NLP, if you need to)
https://spiders.com/
https ://prisoner.com/ubi/
Twitter: @afirstenberg
YT: "Questions and Allen"
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https://developers.google.com/assistant
Stack Overflow: actions-on-google