Questions and Allen

Allen Firstenberg

Allen Firstenberg answers your questions about designing and developing voice applications for the Google Assistant.

  1. 08/21/2020

    S1E14 : What are Action Links?

    Allen's Assistant might be jealous, but realizes everything is fine when he discusses Action links - what this little known feature about the Assistant is and how powerful they can be for Marketing or many many other uses.   Google's documentation:  https://developers.google.com/assistant/engagement/action-links

  2. 08/12/2020

    S1E13: How do Lists and Collections work in Actions Builder?

    Sometimes things do change for the better! Although how we handle Lists and Collections with Actions Builder is different, there are some advantages to this new approach. Allen answers your questions about why the new method is better, and how we use Lists and Collections under Actions Builder.

  3. 08/11/2020

    S1E12: How do you provide training phrases for a Carousel or List in Dialogflow?

    Are you having problems with writing training phrases that handle when users select a List option? There's a reason they don't work, and Allen explains why!

  4. 07/14/2020

    S1E11 : What should I build a new Action with? Dialogflow or Actions Builder?

    The new Actions Builder sounds like it's good (it is!), but is it right for my needs? That answer may be more complicated, as Allen explores with the help of a chart from Denis Valášek. (You can see Denis' chart at https://bit.ly/3fsagg6)

  5. 07/13/2020

    S1E10 : Are Actions Builder Scenes just a repaint of Context-based Dialogflow Intents?

    Giorgio Robino asked a question about the differences between Scenes in Action Builder and Contexts in Dialogflow. Allen provides an answer!

  6. 07/02/2020

    S1E9 : In Dialogflow, how can we move from one Intent to another?

    Your user has said something, and you'd like to move from the Intent you're currently in to a different one. How can you do this? Allen answers that question - but it may not be what you want to hear.

  7. 06/24/2020

    S1E8 : What can we use a card for?

    One of the rich response types is a card, but how can we use it effectively? Allen discusses a few ideas, and a couple of things to be careful about.

  8. 06/23/2020

    S1E7 : What kind of responses or prompts can we send?

    From "simple" responses to a fully Interactive Canvas and everything in between, Allen takes a quick run-through of what our options are to respond and prompt the user in our Actions.

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Allen Firstenberg answers your questions about designing and developing voice applications for the Google Assistant.

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  • Creator
    Allen Firstenberg
  • Years Active
    2020
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Allen Firstenberg
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