Patent ID: 8260617

Claim:
An input automation method for automating input when testing voice-enabled applications comprising steps of: while a voice-enabled application that prompts for user input is executing during a first session; receiving input data from a user in response to a first instance of a first portion of a series of prompts of the voice-enabled application, the input data causing progress to a first point in the voice-enabled application; and recording the input data in a session input store; automatically accessing the input data from the session input store; editing the accessed input data to create edited accessed input data; and while the voice-enabled application is executing during a second session; providing said edited accessed input data to the voice-enabled application in lieu of user input in response to a second instance of at least some of the first portion of the series of prompts of the voice-enabled application to progress to a second point in the voice-enabled application, wherein at the completion of providing said edited accessed input data, the voice-enabled application has progressed to the second point in the voice-enabled application; and receiving input data from a user in response to a second portion of the series of prompts of the voice-enabled application, the second portion of the series of prompts progressing from the second point in the voice-enabled application.