Multi mode voice assistant for the hearing disabled
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1. A device, comprising:
- at least one processor; and
storage accessible to the at least one processor, the storage comprising instructions executable by the processor to;
establish at least a first input mode to a voice assistant (VA), the first input mode comprising voice input to at least one microphone;
receive at least one input;
responsive to the at least one input, switch to at least a second input mode to the VA, the second input mode comprising gesture input to at least one sensor; and
present on a display at least one user interface (UI) comprising at least first and second elements, the first and second elements being at least one of selector elements and prompts that are operable to enable respective first and second output modes in response to input in the first input mode, the UI further comprising a human-perceptible indication of a recommended output mode juxtaposed with one of the first or second elements and not the other second or first element to indicate that the output mode associated with the first or second element by which the human-perceptible indication of a recommended output mode is juxtaposed is recommended over the output mode associated with the second or first element by which the human-perceptible indication of a recommended output mode is not juxtaposed, and information in a current output mode and a third element selectable to select both output modes in response to input in the second input mode comprising gesture input.
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Abstract
A voice assistant (VA) can switch between a voice input mode, in which the VA produces audible responses to voice queries, and a gesture input mode that can be triggered by a predetermined gesture, in which the VA produces visual responses to gesture-based queries.
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1. A device, comprising:
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at least one processor; and storage accessible to the at least one processor, the storage comprising instructions executable by the processor to; establish at least a first input mode to a voice assistant (VA), the first input mode comprising voice input to at least one microphone; receive at least one input; responsive to the at least one input, switch to at least a second input mode to the VA, the second input mode comprising gesture input to at least one sensor; and present on a display at least one user interface (UI) comprising at least first and second elements, the first and second elements being at least one of selector elements and prompts that are operable to enable respective first and second output modes in response to input in the first input mode, the UI further comprising a human-perceptible indication of a recommended output mode juxtaposed with one of the first or second elements and not the other second or first element to indicate that the output mode associated with the first or second element by which the human-perceptible indication of a recommended output mode is juxtaposed is recommended over the output mode associated with the second or first element by which the human-perceptible indication of a recommended output mode is not juxtaposed, and information in a current output mode and a third element selectable to select both output modes in response to input in the second input mode comprising gesture input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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configuring a voice assistant (VA) in an audible mode in which audible output is generated responsive to voice input; identifying a first gesture to switch to a gesture mode; responsive to identifying the first gesture, configuring the VA in a gesture mode in which a response embodied by visible output is generated and visibly presented responsive to gesture input and the response is also embodied by audible output and presented responsive to the gesture input; identifying a second gesture to switch to the audible mode; responsive to identifying the second gesture, configuring the VA in the audible mode; and the first gesture to configure the VA in the gesture mode being identified responsive to identifying at least one hand being held up, the second gesture to switch to the audible mode being identified responsive to identifying at least one hand being held down. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device, comprising:
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at least one processor; and storage accessible to the at least one processor, the storage comprising instructions executable by the processor to; establish at least a first input mode to a voice assistant (VA), the first input mode comprising voice input to at least one microphone; receive at least one input; responsive to the at least one input, switch to at least a second input mode to the VA, the second input mode comprising gesture input; and present on a display at least one user interface (UI) comprising at least first and second elements, the first and second elements being at least one of selector elements and prompts to enable respective first and second output modes in response to input in the first input mode, the UI further comprising a human-perceptible indication of a recommended output mode juxtaposed with one of the first or second elements and not the other second or first element to indicate that the output mode associated with the first or second element by which the human-perceptible indication of a recommended output mode is juxtaposed is recommended over the output mode associated with the second or first element by which the human-perceptible indication of a recommended output mode is not juxtaposed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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