Introducing Dialogflow, the New Name for API.AI by Google

Re:Introducing Dialogflow, the New Name for API.AI by Google by rexreed on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @01:18PM (#15443544)

Awesome. I've always wondered - why no Alexa integration?

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Re:Introducing Dialogflow, the New Name for API.AI by Google by matthewayne on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @01:49PM (#15443820)

* Disclaimer * I work on Dialogflow

We have an exporter[0] and importer[1] that lets you export and import your Dialogflow agent to and from Alexa. We also have a sample walking through importing a Alexa skill into Dialogflow [2]

[0] https://dialogflow.com/docs/integrations/alexa-exporter

[1] https://dialogflow.com/docs/integrations/alexa-importer

[2] https://github.com/dialogflow/fulfillment-webhook-importer-n...

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Re:Introducing Dialogflow, the New Name for API.AI by Google by jhurliman on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @02:55PM (#15444359)

The Alexa Skills Kit API relies heavily on an “intents + slots” system where you request specific nouns/verbs from the user such as a first nam or a date and the webhook only sees that specific information. This makes it difficult to wire up third party NLP systems, although there are hacks out there[0].

[0] https://blog.init.ai/alexa-can-you-add-custom-nlp-to-amazon-...

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Re:Introducing Dialogflow, the New Name for API.AI by Google by rexreed on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @01:46PM (#15443796)

Turns out they have an Alexa exporter. I think it's technical issues more than competitive issues. There are other companies in that integration list that Google competes with.

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Re:Introducing Dialogflow, the New Name for API.AI by Google by RubenSandwich on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @01:37PM (#15443719)

My arm chair guess? Dialogflow is owned by Google who is competing with Amazon Alexa with their Google Assistant/Home.

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