Patent Document ID: 7562019
Application ID: 11031955

Base Claim:
1. A method for testing a voice enabled application on a target device, the method comprising conducting one or more interactions with the target device, at least some of the interactions comprising: selecting one of a plurality of input modes for sending input to the target device; presenting an acoustic utterance in an acoustic environment to the target device, including presenting a noise signal to the target device, using the selected input mode; determining one of a plurality of response modes for responding to an output of the target device; receiving an output of the target device in response to the acoustic utterance and the noise signal according to the determined response mode; and comparing the output to an output expected from the acoustic utterance; wherein the selected input mode and the determined response mode depend on input/output capabilities of the target device wherein presenting the acoustic utterance further comprises generating the acoustic utterance using an acoustic speaker; wherein the speaker comprises an artificial human mouth; wherein the acoustic environment is produced using an acoustic noise source that generates the noise signal, the noise signal representing one or more environmental noises of a natural environment.

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Claim 23:
23. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first input mode comprises a recorded utterance from a first audio file and a noise signal from a second audio file, and a second input mode comprises an acoustic utterance from a first speaker and a noise signal from a second speaker.