Dialog system

A method for handling a menu-based user interface, the menu-based interface comprising at least a menu and at least a menu item;

• the method comprises the steps of:
• receiving input through the menu-based interface, which input is at least one of:
• a haptic menu navigation device input associated with a menu navigation action, the menu navigation action being associated with the menu and the menu item, and
• an audio input comprising either
• the menu navigation action associated with the menu and the menu item, or
• a domain-level utterance input comprising one or several of the following domain-level utterance input types:
• requesting information, providing information, requesting actions, and confirming a status of a requested action;
• processing the input using Basic Dialogue, “BD” and Speech Cursor, “SC”, where SC comprises a mechanism associating haptic input with audio output, and BD comprises mechanisms associating the domain level utterance input with a domain level utterance output comprising one or several of the following domain-level utterance types:
• requesting information, providing information, requesting actions, and confirming the status of the requested action, handling an interaction where a user and the menu-based user interface take turns to produce domain-level utterance output;
• providing output, wherein the output is at least one of a visual output through the menu navigation device and an audio output, wherein SC provides the audio output in the form of a spoken representation of the menu item in focus whenever the menu item gets into focus as a result of the menu navigation action, and wherein BD provides the domain level utterance output.

A device for handling a menu-based user interface, the menu-based interface comprising at least a menu and at least a menu item;

• the device comprising:
• a receiver interface arranged to receive input through the user interface, which input is at least one of:
• a haptic menu navigation device input associated with a menu navigation action, the menu navigation action being associated with the menu and the menu item, and
• an audio input comprising either
• the menu navigation action associated with the menu and the menu item, or
• a domain-level utterance input comprising one or several of the following domain-level utterance input types:
• requesting information, providing information, requesting actions, and confirming a status of a requested action;
• a processor arranged to process the input using Basic Dialogue, “BD” and Speech Cursor, “SC”, where SC comprises a mechanism associating haptic input with audio output, and BD comprises mechanisms associating the domain level utterance input with a domain level utterance output comprising one or several of the following domain-level utterance types:
• requesting information, providing information, requesting actions, and confirming the status of the requested action, handling an interaction where a user and the menu-based user interface take turns to produce domain-level utterance output,
• a communication interface arranged to provide output, wherein the output is at least one of a visual output through the menu navigation device and an audio output, wherein SC provides the audio output in the form of a spoken representation of the menu item in focus whenever the menu item gets into focus as a result of the menu navigation action, and wherein BD provides the domain level utterance output.