Patent ID: 7188066
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A speech-enabled application, comprising one or more of the following: a question control configured to provide a question function in the speech-enabled application; an announcer control configured to provide an announcer function in the speech-enabled application; a command control configured to provide a command and control function in the speech-enabled application; a word trainer control configured to provide a word trainer function in the speech-enabled application; wherein each of the one or more controls utilizes a grammar to communicate with a speech system and each of the one or more controls may be utilized in more than one speech-enabled application to provide a standardized speech user interface to the speech-enabled applications; wherein the question control is further configured to receive a custom prompt and to play the prompt in a question from the speech system to a user; and wherein the question control is further configured to receive a custom verbose prompt and, in the event that an interaction using the custom prompt is interrupted, to play the verbose prompt in a question from the speech system to the user when the interaction resumes processing.