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Filler
Plays a short “one moment…” so the caller isn’t left in silence while a slow step works.
Type: random-speak-out.
What it does
- Rolls a chance from
variance: at1it always speaks, at0.5about half the time, at0never. - If it speaks, picks one of
phrasesat random and says it.
Start a Filler side by side with the slow step (list both in the previous step's next), not before it, or the caller waits for the filler too.
Settings
Everything goes in the step's parameters. In the editor, click the step to open its settings.
phrasesstring[]- In the editor: Phrases. One is picked at random each time. Default:
["One moment…","Let me check that."]. variancenumber- In the editor: Chance to speak (More tab). How often it says anything, from 0 (never) to 1 (every time). 0.5 speaks about half the time. Default:
1.
Examples
Cover a slow lookup
Start it beside a slow step so the caller hears something straight away:
{ "type": "random-speak-out", "parameters": { "phrases": [ "One moment…", "Let me check that.", "Sure, just a second." ], "variance": 0.8 }}