Voice user interface with personality
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1. An apparatus for a voice user interface with personality, the apparatus comprising:
- logic that provides a voice user interface, the voice user interface outputting first voice signals, and the voice user interface recognizing speech signals;
logic that provides a personality, the logic that provides the personality interfacing with the logic that provides the voice user interface to provide the voice user interface with a verbal personality; and
a recognition grammar stored in a memory, the recognition grammar comprising multiple phrases that a virtual assistant with a personality can recognize when spoken by a user, and the recognition grammar being selected based on the personality of the virtual assistant.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a voice user interface with personality. In one embodiment, a method includes executing a voice user interface, and controlling the voice user interface to provide the voice user interface with a personality. The method includes selecting a prompt based on various context situations, such as a previously selected prompt and the user'"'"'s experience with using the voice user interface.
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1. An apparatus for a voice user interface with personality, the apparatus comprising:
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logic that provides a voice user interface, the voice user interface outputting first voice signals, and the voice user interface recognizing speech signals; logic that provides a personality, the logic that provides the personality interfacing with the logic that provides the voice user interface to provide the voice user interface with a verbal personality; and a recognition grammar stored in a memory, the recognition grammar comprising multiple phrases that a virtual assistant with a personality can recognize when spoken by a user, and the recognition grammar being selected based on the personality of the virtual assistant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for a voice user interface with personality, the method comprising:
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storing a recognition grammar in a memory, the recognition grammar comprising multiple phrases that a virtual assistant with a personality can recognize when spoken by a user, the recognition grammar being selected based on the personality of the virtual assistant; executing a voice user interface, the voice user interface outputting first voice signals, the voice user interface recognizing speech signals; and controlling the voice user interface to provide the voice user interface with a verbal personality. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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80. A data signal in a carrier wave for a voice user interface with personality, the data signal in a carrier wave comprising:
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first voice signals, the first voice signals being output by a voice user interface with a verbal personality; and speech signals, the voice user interface with a verbal personality recognizing the speech signals using a recognition grammar, the recognition grammar being stored in a memory and comprising multiple phrases that a virtual assistant with a personality can recognize when spoken by a user, the recognition grammar being selected based on the personality of the virtual assistant. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102)
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