Adaptive audio feedback system and method
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory;
detecting a respective occurrence of a user interface event requesting audio feedback on the electronic device at a first time;
in response to detecting the respective occurrence of the user interface event at the first time, identifying a plurality of audio items and a first visual notification associated with the user interface event, wherein each of the plurality of audio items has a different level of verbosity, and wherein the plurality of audio items include at least a first audio item having a first verbosity level corresponding to a verbosity level of the first visual notification, and a second audio item having a second verbosity level lower than the first verbosity level;
selecting the second audio item in accordance with at least a determination that the user interface event previously occurred within a particular time interval prior to the first time and that the first audio item was provided during said previous occurrence with the first visual notification; and
concurrently providing the second audio item with the first visual notification on the electronic device.
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Abstract
Various techniques for adaptively varying audio feedback data on an electronic device are provided. In one embodiment, an audio user interface implementing certain aspects of the present disclosure may devolve or evolve the verbosity of audio feedback in response to user interface events based at least partially upon the verbosity level of audio feedback provided during previous occurrences of the user interface event. In another embodiment, an audio user interface may be configured to vary the verbosity of audio feedback associated with a navigable list of items based at least partially upon the speed at which a user navigates the list. In a further embodiment, an audio user interface may be configured to vary audio feedback verbosity based upon the contextual importance of a user interface event. Electronic devices implementing the present techniques provide an improved user experience with regard to audio user interfaces.
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25 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory; detecting a respective occurrence of a user interface event requesting audio feedback on the electronic device at a first time; in response to detecting the respective occurrence of the user interface event at the first time, identifying a plurality of audio items and a first visual notification associated with the user interface event, wherein each of the plurality of audio items has a different level of verbosity, and wherein the plurality of audio items include at least a first audio item having a first verbosity level corresponding to a verbosity level of the first visual notification, and a second audio item having a second verbosity level lower than the first verbosity level; selecting the second audio item in accordance with at least a determination that the user interface event previously occurred within a particular time interval prior to the first time and that the first audio item was provided during said previous occurrence with the first visual notification; and concurrently providing the second audio item with the first visual notification on the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronic device, comprising:
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one or more processors; and memory having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising; detecting a respective occurrence of a user interface event requesting audio feedback on the electronic device at a first time; in response to detecting the respective occurrence of the user interface event at the first time, identifying a plurality of audio items and a first visual notification associated with the user interface event, wherein each of the plurality of audio items has a different level of verbosity, and wherein the plurality of audio items include at least a first audio item having a first verbosity level corresponding to a verbosity level of the first visual notification, and a second audio item having a second verbosity level lower than the first verbosity level; selecting the second audio item in accordance with at least a determination that the user interface event previously occurred within a particular time interval prior to the first time and that the first audio item was provided during said previous occurrence with the first visual notification; and concurrently providing the second audio item with the first visual notification on the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:
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detecting a respective occurrence of a user interface event requesting audio feedback on the electronic device at a first time; in response to detecting the respective occurrence of the user interface event at the first time, identifying a plurality of audio items and a first visual notification associated with the user interface event, wherein each of the plurality of audio items has a different level of verbosity, and wherein the plurality of audio items include at least a first audio item having a first verbosity level corresponding to a verbosity level of the first visual notification, and a second audio item having a second verbosity level lower than the first verbosity level; selecting the second audio item in accordance with at least a determination that; the user interface event previously occurred within a particular time interval prior to the first time, and the first audio item was provided during said previous occurrence with the first visual notification; and concurrently providing the second audio item with the first visual notification on the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory; detecting a first occurrence of a user interface event; in response to detecting the first occurrence of the user interface event, concurrently providing a first audio item with a visual notification on the electronic device, wherein the first audio item has a first verbosity level corresponding to a verbosity level of the visual notification; detecting a second occurrence of the user interface event; determining whether the second occurrence is detected within a particular time interval after detecting the first occurrence; and in accordance with a determination that the second occurrence is detected within the particular time interval after detecting the first occurrence and that the first audio item was provided during said first occurrence with the visual notification, concurrently providing a second audio item with the visual notification on the electronic device, wherein the second audio item has a second level of verbosity lower than the first verbosity level. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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