# Next Steps

> [!WARNING]
> **Warning:** The Google Assistant Library for Python is deprecated as of June 28th, 2019. Use the [Google Assistant Service](https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/guides/service/python) instead.

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Once you have the Google Assistant running on your project, give these a try:

1. [Customize](https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/guides/library/python/embed/next-steps#custom-interaction) how your project interacts with the
   Assistant. For example, trigger the Assistant with the push of a button or
   blink an LED when playing back audio. You can even show a speech recognition
   transcript from the Assistant on a display.

2. [Control](https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/guides/library/python/embed/next-steps#device-control) your project with Device Actions.
   For example, ask your lamp, with the Assistant built-in, to turn on and
   change its brightness.

## Customize how your project interacts with the Assistant

### Trigger the Assistant

With the Google Assistant Library, you trigger an Assistant request by speaking
a hotword like *Ok Google* . You can mute the microphone to stop the Assistant
from listening for the hotword. Use the [`set_mic_mute()`](https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/reference/library/python#google.assistant.library.Assistant.set_mic_mute)
to control this. Trigger the [`start_conversation()`](https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/reference/library/python#google.assistant.library.Assistant.start_conversation)
method based on your own custom event.

### Get the transcript of the user request

The Google Assistant SDK gives you a text transcript of the user request. Use
this to provide feedback to the user by rendering the text to a display, or even
for something more creative such as performing some local actions on the device.

The transcript is located in a Python string object in the [`ON_RECOGNIZING_SPEECH_FINISHED`](https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/reference/library/python#google.assistant.library.event.EventType.ON_RECOGNIZING_SPEECH_FINISHED)
event.

## Control your project with Device Actions

You can add Device Actions to the Assistant that allow you to control your
device via voice. [Extend](https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/guides/library/python/extend/install-hardware)
the Google Assistant Library sample to include [Device Actions](https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/device-actions-overview).