Hello,
I am building a voice application that, in part, acts as a search function for a libraries media. For dialogflow, I am using the @sys.any type. There does not seem to be a perfect equivalent for Alexa. After trying a few things, I decided to make a few different intents with specific amazon slot types as a work around. The relevant portion of my language model is displayed below:
"alexa": {
"interactionModel": {
"languageModel": {
"intents": [
{
"name": "BookSearchIntent",
"phrases": [
"I want {searchPhrase}",
"{searchPhrase}",
"I want to search for {searchPhrase}",
"to search for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to look for {searchPhrase}",
"to look for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}",
"to find {searchPhrase}",
"I want to get {searchPhrase}",
"to get {searchPhrase}",
"I am looking for {searchPhrase}",
"I am searching for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}"
],
"inputs": [
{
"name": "searchPhrase",
"type": {
"alexa": "AMAZON.Book"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "BookSeriesSearchIntent",
"phrases": [
"I want {searchPhrase}",
"{searchPhrase}",
"I want to search for {searchPhrase}",
"to search for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to look for {searchPhrase}",
"to look for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}",
"to find {searchPhrase}",
"I want to get {searchPhrase}",
"to get {searchPhrase}",
"I am looking for {searchPhrase}",
"I am searching for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}"
],
"inputs": [
{
"name": "searchPhrase",
"type": {
"alexa": "AMAZON.BookSeries"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "AuthorSearchIntent",
"phrases": [
"I want {searchPhrase}",
"{searchPhrase}",
"I want to search for {searchPhrase}",
"to search for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to look for {searchPhrase}",
"to look for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}",
"to find {searchPhrase}",
"I want to get {searchPhrase}",
"to get {searchPhrase}",
"I am looking for {searchPhrase}",
"I am searching for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}"
],
"inputs": [
{
"name": "searchPhrase",
"type": {
"alexa": "AMAZON.Author"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "CharacterSearchIntent",
"phrases": [
"I want {searchPhrase}",
"{searchPhrase}",
"I want to search for {searchPhrase}",
"to search for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to look for {searchPhrase}",
"to look for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}",
"to find {searchPhrase}",
"I want to get {searchPhrase}",
"to get {searchPhrase}",
"I am looking for {searchPhrase}",
"I am searching for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}"
],
"inputs": [
{
"name": "searchPhrase",
"type": {
"alexa": "AMAZON.FictionalCharacter"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "FilmSearchIntent",
"phrases": [
"I want {searchPhrase}",
"{searchPhrase}",
"I want to search for {searchPhrase}",
"to search for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to look for {searchPhrase}",
"to look for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}",
"to find {searchPhrase}",
"I want to get {searchPhrase}",
"to get {searchPhrase}",
"I am looking for {searchPhrase}",
"I am searching for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}"
],
"inputs": [
{
"name": "searchPhrase",
"type": {
"alexa": "AMAZON.Movie"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "FilmSeriesSearchIntent",
"phrases": [
"I want {searchPhrase}",
"{searchPhrase}",
"I want to search for {searchPhrase}",
"to search for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to look for {searchPhrase}",
"to look for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}",
"to find {searchPhrase}",
"I want to get {searchPhrase}",
"to get {searchPhrase}",
"I am looking for {searchPhrase}",
"I am searching for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}"
],
"inputs": [
{
"name": "searchPhrase",
"type": {
"alexa": "AMAZON.MovieSeries"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "DirectorSearchIntent",
"phrases": [
"I want {searchPhrase}",
"{searchPhrase}",
"I want to search for {searchPhrase}",
"to search for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to look for {searchPhrase}",
"to look for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}",
"to find {searchPhrase}",
"I want to get {searchPhrase}",
"to get {searchPhrase}",
"I am looking for {searchPhrase}",
"I am searching for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}",
"{searchPhrase}"
],
"inputs": [
{
"name": "searchPhrase",
"type": {
"alexa": "AMAZON.Director"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "ActorSearchIntent",
"phrases": [
"I want {searchPhrase}",
"{searchPhrase}",
"I want to search for {searchPhrase}",
"to search for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to look for {searchPhrase}",
"to look for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}",
"to find {searchPhrase}",
"I want to get {searchPhrase}",
"to get {searchPhrase}",
"I am looking for {searchPhrase}",
"I am searching for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}",
"{searchPhrase}"
],
"inputs": [
{
"name": "searchPhrase",
"type": {
"alexa": "AMAZON.Actor"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "VideoGameSearchIntent",
"phrases": [
"I want {searchPhrase}",
"{searchPhrase}",
"I want to search for {searchPhrase}",
"to search for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to look for {searchPhrase}",
"to look for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}",
"to find {searchPhrase}",
"I want to get {searchPhrase}",
"to get {searchPhrase}",
"I am looking for {searchPhrase}",
"I am searching for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}",
"{searchPhrase}"
],
"inputs": [
{
"name": "searchPhrase",
"type": {
"alexa": "AMAZON.VideoGame"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "TVSeriesSearchIntent",
"phrases": [
"I want {searchPhrase}",
"{searchPhrase}",
"I want to search for {searchPhrase}",
"to search for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to look for {searchPhrase}",
"to look for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}",
"to find {searchPhrase}",
"I want to get {searchPhrase}",
"to get {searchPhrase}",
"I am looking for {searchPhrase}",
"I am searching for {searchPhrase}",
"I want to find {searchPhrase}"
],
"inputs": [
{
"name": "searchPhrase",
"type": {
"alexa": "AMAZON.TVSeries"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.FallbackIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.CancelIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.HelpIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.StopIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.NavigateHomeIntent",
"samples": []
}
]
}
}
},
I haven’t changed sample dialogue, but I intend to. Here is the code in my src file.
DialogFlowSearchIntent() {
return this.toStateIntent('MediaSearchState', 'GenericSearchIntentProcessor');
},
BookSearchIntent() {
return this.toStateIntent('MediaSearchState', 'GenericSearchIntentProcessor');
},
BookSeriesSearchIntent() {
return this.toStateIntent('MediaSearchState', 'GenericSearchIntentProcessor');
},
AuthorSearchIntent() {
return this.toStateIntent('MediaSearchState', 'GenericSearchIntentProcessor');
},
CharacterSearchIntent() {
return this.toStateIntent('MediaSearchState', 'GenericSearchIntentProcessor');
},
FilmSearchIntent() {
return this.toStateIntent('MediaSearchState', 'GenericSearchIntentProcessor');
},
FilmSeriesSearchIntent() {
return this.toStateIntent('MediaSearchState', 'GenericSearchIntentProcessor');
},
DirectorSearchIntent() {
return this.toStateIntent('MediaSearchState', 'GenericSearchIntentProcessor');
},
ActorSearchIntent() {
return this.toStateIntent('MediaSearchState', 'GenericSearchIntentProcessor');
},
VideoGameSearchIntent() {
return this.toStateIntent('MediaSearchState', 'GenericSearchIntentProcessor');
},
TVSeriesSearchIntent() {
return this.toStateIntent('MediaSearchState', 'GenericSearchIntentProcessor');
},
MediaSearchState:
{
async GenericSearchIntentProcessor() {
let contentTitle = this.$inputs.searchPhrase.value;
let data = await searchMedia(contentTitle);
iter = new MediaIterator(data);
if (iter.HasNext()) {
iter.Next();
let reprompt = "To navigate search results say, next, repeat, previous. To cancel say cancel. ";
let response = iter.FormatForSpeech();
response = reprompt + response;
this.ask(response, reprompt);
}
else {
this.tell("Sadly, your search did not turn up any results.")
}
},
I understand that the, let contentTitle = this.$inputs.searchPhrase.value; line might not map to the correct “searchPhrase”, but the issue I am currently having is the Alexa intents are not being recognized at all. Am I just defining the Alexa intents incorrectly in the language model? I also have a dialogflow specific intent for searching, is it possible that there is interference?
