US Patent 10942703 Proactive assistance based on dialog communication between devices

Systems and processes for proactive assistance based on dialog communication between devices are provided. In one example process, while voice communication between an electronic device and a second electronic device is established, a stream of audio data associated with the second electronic device can be received. In response to detecting a user input, a text representation of speech contained in a portion of the stream of audio data can be generated. The process can determine whether the text representation contains information corresponding to one of a plurality of types of information. In response to determining that the text representation contains information corresponding to one of a plurality of types of information, one or more tasks based on the information can be performed.