Co-Verbal Interactions With Speech Reference Point

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory;
• a set of logics that facilitate multi-modal interactions between a user and the apparatus, and
• a physical interface to connect the processor, the memory, and the set of logics,
• the set of logics comprising:
• a first logic that handles speech reference point establishing events;
• a second logic that establishes a speech reference point based, at least in part, on the speech reference point establishing events;
• a third logic that handles co-verbal interaction events, and
• a fourth logic that processes a co-verbal interaction between the user and the apparatus, where the co-verbal interaction includes a voice command having a context, where the context is determined, at least in part, by the speech reference point.

A system, comprising:

• a display on which a user interface is displayed;
• a proximity detector;
• a voice agent that accepts voice inputs from a user of the system;
• an event handler that accepts non-voice inputs from the user, where the non-voice inputs include an input from the proximity detector, and
• a co-verbal interaction handler that processes a voice input received within a threshold period of time of a non-voice input as a single multi-modal input.