I'm afraid I don't have enough context to understand your full question. Could you please rephrase or provide some more details? User: Sorry, let me try again. I'm looking for a recipe for a quick soup I can make with chicken and canned tomatoes. Do you have any suggestions?

3. Google Home/Mobile device
The Google Assistant —
Actions on Google —

4. Assistant App

6. Well, it’s kind of cold outside, so I'd like
something to warm me up, like a hot
soup, and I want it fast.
I have some chicken, and also canned
tomatoes.

8. Assistant app
{ conversation
api request }
{ conversation
api response }
user input
app
response

10. Well, it’s kind of cold outside, so I'd like
something to warm me up, like a hot
soup, and I want it fast.
I have some chicken, and also canned
tomatoes.

11. “
Intent Matching —
Entity Extraction —
@

29. const App = require('actions-on-google').ApiAiApp;
exports.yourApp = (request, response) => {
const app = new App({request, response});
console.log('Request headers: ' + JSON.stringify(request.headers));
console.log('Request body: ' + JSON.stringify(request.body));
// Fulfill action business logic
function responseHandler (app) {
// Complete your fulfillment logic and send a response
app.ask('Hello, World!');
}
const actionMap = new Map();
actionMap.set('<API.AI_action_name>', responseHandler);
app.handleRequest(actionMap);
};

30. const app = new ApiAiApp({request: request, response: response});
const WELCOME_INTENT = 'input.welcome'; // the action name from the API.AI intent
const NUMBER_INTENT = 'input.number'; // the action name from the API.AI intent
const NUMBER_ARGUMENT = 'input.mynum'; // the action name from the API.AI intent
function welcomeIntent (app) {
app.ask('Welcome to action snippets! Say a number.');
}
function numberIntent (app) {
let number = app.getArgument(NUMBER_ARGUMENT);
app.tell('You said ' + number);
}
let actionMap = new Map();
actionMap.set(WELCOME_INTENT, welcomeIntent);
actionMap.set(NUMBER_INTENT, numberIntent);
app.handleRequest(actionMap);

32. if (app.hasSurfaceCapability(app.SurfaceCapabilities.SCREEN_OUTPUT)) {
app.ask(app.buildRichResponse()
.addSimpleResponse(`Here's a fact for you. ${fact} Which one ` +
`do you want to hear about next, Google's history or headquarters?`)
.addBasicCard(
app.buildBasicCard('Google is an amazing company.')
.setImage(GOOGLE_LOGO_SRC))
.addSuggestions(['History', 'Headquarters']));
} else {
app.ask(`Here's a fact for you. ${fact} Which one ` +
`do you want to hear about next, Google's history or headquarters?`);
}

35. g.co/actionswebsim

39. Hey! This is ___
Welcome to ___
Ready to play ____
Hi! ___ here.
Hello. I’m ___
Greetings, human.
Welcome back to ___
Hey again. ___
Let’s play ___
Here’s your ___
Brought to you by ___
Hi there, ___
Let’s get started.
Ready for your ___
___, here to…
Live from ___
This is ___
What’s up, ___
and more...

40. <speak> <!-- Must be at the start of the string -->
<say-as interpret-as="characters">SSML</say-as>
<break time="3s"/>.
<audio src="https://example.com/file.mp3"></audio>
<say-as interpret-as="cardinal">10</say-as>.
<say-as interpret-as="ordinal">10</say-as>
<say-as interpret-as="characters">10</say-as>.
<sub alias="World Wide Web">WWW</sub>.
<p><s>This is one.</s><s>This is two.</s></p>
</speak> <!-- Must be at the end of the string -->
“S S M L”
[3 second pause]
[audio file plays]
“Ten”
“Tenth”
“One Oh”
World Wide Web
[two sentences]

41. function welcome (app) {
return isPreviousUser(app.getUser().userId).then((userHasVisited) => {
if (userHasVisited) {
app.ask(`Welcome to Number Genie!...`, NO_INPUT_PROMPTS);
} else {
app.ask(`Hey you're back...`, NO_INPUT_PROMPTS);
}
});
}

44. function simpleResponse (app) {
app.ask({
speech: 'Howdy! I can tell you fun facts about ' +
'almost any number, like 42. What do you have in mind?',
displayText: 'Howdy! I can tell you fun facts about ' +
'almost any number. What do you have in mind?'
});
}

45. function suggestionChips (app) {
app.ask(app.buildRichResponse()
.addSimpleResponse({
speech: 'Howdy! I can tell you fun facts about ' +
'almost any number like 0, 42, or 100. What number do you have ' +
'in mind?',
displayText: 'Howdy! I can tell you fun facts about almost any ' +
'number. What number do you have in mind?'
})
.addSuggestions(['0', '42', '100', 'Never mind'])
);
}

46. function basicCard (app) {
app.ask(app.buildRichResponse()
.addSimpleResponse('Math and prime numbers it is!')
.addBasicCard(
app.buildBasicCard(`42 is an even composite number. It ` +
`is composed of three distinct prime numbers multiplied together. It ` +
`has a total of eight divisors. 42 is an abundant number, because the ` +
`sum of its proper divisors 54 is greater than itself. To count from ` +
`1 to 42 would take you about twenty-one…`)
.setTitle('Math & prime numbers')
.addButton('Read more')
.setImage('https://example.google.com/42.png', 'Image alternate text')
)
);
}

49. let permission = app.SupportedPermissions.DEVICE_COARSE_LOCATION;
app.askForPermission('To find bookstores near you', permission);

54. EXEC
QUERY
SYNC
REQ_SYNC
REP_STATE
Assistant
Surface
Speech
Recognition
Natural
Language
Understanding
Smart Home
Agent
Device Cloud
Service
IoT Devices
Home Graph
Service +
Storage
Home Graph
Partner API
Command StatusTTS (speech) response

58. Ok Google, ask Personal Chef for a hot soup recipe
Trigger Phrase App Name
Developer Specified
Action
Preposition
Action Phrase
Developer Specified
Ok Google, let’s talk to Personal Chef
Trigger Phrase App Name
Developer Specified

62. Conversation Design

64. GUI :: VUI What’s the difference?

65. Top 3 Design Tips

66. Create a persona.1

67. Persona is conveyed through:
Tone
Word and phrase choices
Functional design
Style
Technique
Voice
...and based on:
Your user population and their needs
The imagery & qualities associated with your brand

68. Think outside the box. Literally.2

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71. Confidential and proprietary
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72. In conversations, there are no “errors”.3

73. real life
user
conditions {

74. “I don’t understand you”

75. When a so-called “error” occurs in a
conversation, it should be treated simply as
a new turn in the dialog, only with different
conditions.

76. Users have intent