Publishing the built-in sentences in a readable format in other languages as well

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Hello,

I sent a message to my parents about how great it will soon be to have a Hungarian voice assistant! They were very happy about it and asked a totally logical question: what can it do?

The website does lead to the sentences, but even for someone who understands YAML codes, it takes a lot of time to interpret the <what_is_the_class_of_name>.

My suggestion would be to allow language leaders to create tutorials, which could be accessible either on the main page under the “Other Languages Assit Guide” tab or even here: Supported Languages | Home Assistant Developer Docs

The main reason is that there are languages like Hungarian and Finnish (and surely others) where, with a bit of exaggeration, you can put words together in any order that comes to mind, and it’s nearly impossible to prepare the Assist for this. I tried to include as many ways of asking as possible, but there is still a logic to the system, and it would be good to publish these in a readable format too, similar to the English example: Assist - default sentences - Home Assistant

I would be happy to create the Hungarian language guide.

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This is a great idea. I’m thinking we could put together a template that asks language leaders to produce examples for each intent slot combination.

The HassTurnOn intent, for example, can take just a name like “turn on the TV”, a name and an area like “turn on the TV in the living room”, etc. The only problem I can foresee is that intents like HassTurnOn are very broad – turning devices on, opening doors, and more. So more than one example for each slot combination may be needed.

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Yes, that’s what I was thinking. If we stick to just turning on, I would describe the different ways in which you can ask for something to be turned on in Hungarian.

For example:
(kapcsol[d|j] (be|fel|föl)|(be|fel|föl)kapcsol[ás]|oltsd (fel|föl)

And since conjugation in Hungarian can be quite complex :slight_smile: there may be a need for additional words in many cases… For example, after room names, you can say szoba / szobában / helyiség / helyiségben / helyiséget. These should also be compiled.

It’s a fact that it will involve work… I’m looking forward to the developments and if there’s an opportunity, I’ll seize the chance to write up the Hungarian language part :slight_smile: Thank you in advance for the help.

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