The @feature speech marker enables the user to tell the Digital Person to switch (ON/OFF) the Microphone or the Chat/Transcript Window during a conversation.
Note: The UI Feature ON/OFF speech markers:
Is applicable only for the Default UI
Requires Soul Machines SDK 12 or above.
Conversation Engineers/Writers can use the “@feature” speech marker in the NLP conversation scripts that directs the Digital Person to deactivate or activate a UI feature in response to a user’s verbal request.
Example NLP conversation usage:Sure, let me turn on your microphone. @feature(microphone, on)
Okay, @feature(microphone, off) I've turned off your microphone.
Sure, let me close the transcript @feature(transcript, off) for you.
Sample Dialogflow Intent:
Note: In IBM Watson implementations, the “@feature” speech marker in the conversation Response must be escaped with a backslash, e.g.: \@feature(microphone, on).