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Amazon Slot Types

Hi all,

i've created a simple test intent. I want to test the Amazon Slot Types.

My TestIntent:

Sample utterance:

Tell me about {State}

The AMAZON.US_STATE slot seems like a LITERAL, i could write everything and it will be recognized as US_STATE, example:

"gggggggggggggggggggggfdddddddddddddddddd" was recognized as US_STATE !

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Ross@Amazon answered

Hi michele.dameda,

Have you tried testing this on an actual device? Built in slots are designed help Alexa determine what the user has said by anticipating probable responses. "gggggggggggggggggggggfdddddddddddddddddd" does not correspond with any cities that Alexa is aware of so no recommendation can be made. A good practice when asking the user an open question with many possible responses is to have Alexa repeat back what she heard and ask the user to verify if it is correct.

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