Methods, systems, and storage mediums for implementing voice-initiated computer functions

A system for implementing voice-initiated computer functions, comprising:

• a computer device executing an operating system, a voice recognition application, and at least one user application;
• a speech/text interface application executing on the computer device, the speech/text interface application performing:
• translating a voice command received at the computer device into a machine-readable format, the voice command requesting implementation of a function;
• and
• executing the function requested in the voice command;
• and
• a text-to-speech engine executing on the computer device, wherein the speech/text interface application performs:
• providing an acknowledgement message to the text-to-speech engine, the acknowledgement message indicating whether the function was successfully completed.

A storage medium including machine-readable program code for implementing voice-initiated computer functions, the program code including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method, comprising:

• translating a voice command into a machine-readable format, the voice command requesting implementation of a function;
• executing the function requested in the voice command;
• and
• acknowledging whether the function was successfully completed.