Capture Silence on Google Home

Question

Can we get Google send something when the person stays silent in a conversation? A "no.response" intent before closing the microphone. I'm thinking of an "are you still there" question scenario or timed question/response games.

The point is not to close the session and give a chance to continue.

This would happen only once (or configurable times) so the microphone would not stay open. 

Answer 1

When using the client library assistant.ask method, remember to specify values for the no-inputs parameters. You can use that to prompt the user to respond when the microphone doesn't hear anything.