Google's voice agent design guidance recommends repeating the original question unchanged on a first no-input, and rephrasing the question concisely on a first no-match, with more effort shown on the second occurrence.

Checked 2026-09-30

Vendor
Google
Product
Dialogflow CX (Conversational Agents)
Subsystem
conversation-design
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-30
Checked
2026-09-30

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WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Modernizing a DTMF IVR to conversational AI: source note ivr-modernization-dfcx-reprompt-pattern. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ivr-modernization-dfcx-reprompt-pattern

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-ivr-modernization-dfcx-reprompt-pattern,
  title  = {Modernizing a DTMF IVR to conversational AI: source note ivr-modernization-dfcx-reprompt-pattern},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ivr-modernization-dfcx-reprompt-pattern},
  note   = {Source note ivr-modernization-dfcx-reprompt-pattern, checked 2026-09-30}
}

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