Promoting voice actions to hotwords
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for designating certain voice commands as hotwords. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of receiving a hotword followed by a voice command. Additional actions include determining that the voice command satisfies one or more predetermined criteria associated with designating the voice command as a hotword, where a voice command that is designated as a hotword is treated as a voice input regardless of whether the voice command is preceded by another hotword. Further actions include, in response to determining that the voice command satisfies one or more predetermined criteria associated with designating the voice command as a hotword, designating the voice command as a hotword.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
generating, by a computing device, a prompt for confirming whether to designate a particular phrase that is not currently designated as a hotword, as a hotword;
receiving, by the computing device, a confirmation that the particular phrase is to be designated as a hotword;
in response to receiving the confirmation that the particular term is to be designated as a hotword, processing, by the computing device, an utterance that begins with the particular phrase as a voice command; and
triggering, by the computing device, an action to be performed in response to the computing device processing the utterance that begins with the particular phrase as a voice command.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a hotword comprises a sequence of one or more words that causes a computing device to process an utterance beginning with the hotword as a voice command.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating a prompt for confirming whether to designate the particular phrase as a hotword comprises:
providing a user interface that displays the particular phrase and requests a response from a user indicating whether the particular phrase should be designated as a hotword.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating a prompt for confirming whether to designate a particular phrase that is not currently designated as a hotword, as a hotword is in response to identifying that the particular phrase is not currently designated as a hotword.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein identifying that the particular phrase is not currently designated as a hotword comprises:
generating a transcription of an utterance of the particular phrase; and
determining from the transcription that the particular phrase is not currently designated as a hotword.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein determining from the transcription that the particular phrase is not currently designated as a hotword comprises:
determining that the particular phrase is not associated with an active hotword model.
7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
in response to receiving the confirmation that the particular phrase is to be designated as a hotword, activating a hotword model that is associated with the particular phrase; and
determining based on the hotword model that the utterance begins with the particular phrase.
8. A system comprising:
one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
generating, by a computing device, a prompt for confirming whether to designate a particular phrase that is not currently designated as a hotword, as a hotword;
receiving, by the computing device, a confirmation that the particular phrase is to be designated as a hotword;
in response to receiving the confirmation that the particular term is to be designated as a hotword, processing, by the computing device, an utterance that begins with the particular phrase as a voice command; and
triggering, by the computing device, an action to be performed in response to the computing device processing the utterance that begins with the particular phrase as a voice command.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein a hotword comprises a sequence of one or more words that causes a computing device to process an utterance beginning with the hotword as a voice command.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein generating a prompt for confirming whether to designate the particular phrase as a hotword comprises:
providing a user interface that displays the particular phrase and requests a response from a user indicating whether the particular phrase should be designated as a hotword.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein generating a prompt for confirming whether to designate a particular phrase that is not currently designated as a hotword, as a hotword is in response to identifying that the particular phrase is not currently designated as a hotword.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein identifying that the particular phrase is not currently designated as a hotword comprises:
generating a transcription of an utterance of the particular phrase; and
determining from the transcription that the particular phrase is not currently designated as a hotword.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein determining from the transcription that the particular phrase is not currently designated as a hotword comprises:
determining that the particular phrase is not associated with an active hotword model.
14. The system of claim 8 , comprising:
in response to receiving the confirmation that the particular phrase is to be designated as a hotword, activating a hotword model that is associated with the particular phrase; and
determining based on the hotword model that the utterance begins with the particular phrase.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
generating, by a computing device, a prompt for confirming whether to designate a particular phrase that is not currently designated as a hotword, as a hotword;
receiving, by the computing device, a confirmation that the particular phrase is to be designated as a hotword;
in response to receiving the confirmation that the particular term is to be designated as a hotword, processing, by the computing device, an utterance that begins with the particular phrase as a voice command; and
triggering, by the computing device, an action to be performed in response to the computing device processing the utterance that begins with the particular phrase as a voice command.
16. The medium of claim 15 , wherein a hotword comprises a sequence of one or more words that causes a computing device to process an utterance beginning with the hotword as a voice command.
17. The medium of claim 15 , wherein generating a prompt for confirming whether to designate the particular phrase as a hotword comprises:
providing a user interface that displays the particular phrase and requests a response from a user indicating whether the particular phrase should be designated as a hotword.
18. The medium of claim 15 , wherein generating a prompt for confirming whether to designate a particular phrase that is not currently designated as a hotword, as a hotword is in response to identifying that the particular phrase is not currently designated as a hotword.
19. The medium of claim 18 , wherein identifying that the particular phrase is not currently designated as a hotword comprises:
generating a transcription of an utterance of the particular phrase; and
determining from the transcription that the particular phrase is not currently designated as a hotword.
20. The medium of claim 19 , wherein determining from the transcription that the particular phrase is not currently designated as a hotword comprises:
determining that the particular term is not associated with an active hotword model.