Get Talking with Actions on Google
summary
Built a movie recommendation Action called Movie Maven using Actions on Google, API.AI, Node.js and a third‑party movie API deployed on Heroku, with session data storing the last genre so “give me another” works. Demo reliability suffers because test publishes expire. Uses API.AI intents and entities (genre list plus synonym expansion), webhook fulfillment, SSML for speech control, unmatched request training to improve recognition, and distinguishes ask vs tell responses. Notes limited direct actions, new languages and a transactions API.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction and speakers
- 1:25Voice as a new platform
- 2:28Demo of Movie Maven
- 5:21Designing voice UIs
- 11:36Best practices for voice apps
- 13:47Conversation actions explained
- 17:41API AI agents and intents
- 23:30Fulfilling intents with webhooks
- 28:15Responding to Google Assistant
- 31:05Testing and training your bot
- 35:01Language support updates
- 36:05Distributing your agent
- 38:31Future of assistant apps
- 40:45Closing and Q&A
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