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6 Feb 2017

Allen Firstenberg

 

Software developer / Consultant

 

Google Developer Expert

 

Author: Designing and Developing for Google Glass

 

 

http://spiders.com/

http://prisoner.com/

What are we talking about?

  • Google Home
  • Google Assistant
  • Conversations with computers
  • Designing and Developing Actions

Developing

We have several approaches to developing with the Google Assistant:

  • Direct Actions
  • IFTTT
  • Conversations
    • API.AI
    • Actions API

Pros

  • Weave support built-in
  • Streaming support and controls

Cons

  • Requires working directly with Google to integrate additional features

Direct Actions

Pros

  • Very simple for simple customization

Cons

  • Very very limited response options
  • Difficult to share and make generic

IFTTT

Pros

  • NLP support with API.AI or roll your own
  • Allows for distinctive branding

Cons

  • No streaming or notifications
  • More mechanical voices

Conversation Actions

VUI Design Principles

(from Google)

  • Create a persona
  • Design around conversations and dialogs
  • Context
  • There are no "errors"
  • Think Big
  • Create a persona
  • Design around conversations and dialogs
  • Context
  • There are no "errors"
  • Think Big
  • Build for people
  • Design for Glass (or Wear... or...)
  • Be relevant
  • Avoid the unexpected
  • Don't get in the way

VUI Principles

Glass Principles

Development Process

  • Design Conversation
  • Build VUI
  • Build back-end
  • Distribute

Design Conversation

  • Create a persona
  • Design around conversations and dialogs
  • Context
  • There are no "errors"
  • Think Big

Design Conversation

Persona

  • People give their Assistants a personality

 

  • Tone and Style
  • Casual? Formal?

Design Conversation

Dialogs

  • Talk out loud
  • Create scripts rather than flowcharts
  • Don't just think about best path
  • Keep responses short

Design Conversation

Context

  • Consider partial information or response
  • Prompts to build up the response
  • References
  • What will you remember about the user?

Design Conversation

Errors

  • Use as opportunity to clarify
  • Consider mindset of user

 

Remember - the goal is for your user and your program to come to an agreement.

Design Conversation

Think Big

  • Where do VUIs make more sense than GUIs?
  • What else is the user thinking about?
  • What else might the user say or ask?
  • Contextual help
  • Do you need more than just voice or audio?

Build VUI

with API.AI

  • Create a persona
  • Design around conversations and dialogs
  • Context
  • There are no "errors"
  • Think Big

Build VUI

Dialogs

Build VUI

Dialogs

Build VUI

Context

Build VUI

Errors

Build VUI

Test

Build your Back-End

with webhooks

  • Create a persona
  • Design around conversations and dialogs
  • Context
  • There are no "errors"
  • Think Big

Back-End

Dialogs

  • Called with Action and Parameters
  • Respond with phrases and new contexts

 

You have 5 seconds!

Back-End

Context

  • Unique session and user ID
  • Request name and location
  • Ask user to log in to our service using mobile app

Deploy

  • Create a persona
  • Design around conversations and dialogs
  • Context
  • There are no "errors"
  • Think Big

Deploy

Persona

  • Icon
  • Voice

Deploy

Dialogs

  • Default triggers
  • Other phrases

Deploy

Context

  • Deep Linking

Deploy

Think Big

  • There is no app store
  • What new relationships can you create?

 

 

We are just beginning to explore and understand how to use VUIs.

Any questions?

https://prisoner.com/ubi/

https://developers.google.com/actions/

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