Patent ID: 7991618

Claim:
A method for outputting at least one of information and status messages not requiring immediate action of at least one electrical device using speech, comprising: storing the at least one of information and status messages not requiring immediate action relating to a voice output in a speech memory in a plurality of speaking voices; choosing by a processing device a speaking voice for the at least one of information and status messages not requiring immediate action from the plurality of speaking voices in accordance with at least one of relevance and importance; selectively reading the at least one of information and status messages not requiring immediate action by the processing device; and outputting the at least one of information and status messages not requiring immediate action on an output device at a first prompt time, using a first prompt intonation chosen by the processing device, a first prompt connotation chosen by the processing device, and the speaking voice chosen by the processing device in accordance with at least one of relevance and importance; wherein in the absence of an input after the first prompt time, outputting the at least one of information and status messages not requiring immediate action on the output device at a second prompt time, using a second prompt intonation, using a second prompt connotation, and using the speaking voice, chosen by the processing device; and wherein the second prompt intonation is increased compared to the first prompt intonation, and the second prompt connotation is decreased compared to the first prompt connotation.