Automatic adjustment of muted response setting

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory in communication with the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, in response to execution of the instructions by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:
• access historical data relating to a plurality of queries;
• generate a metric associated with a first type of query of the plurality of queries, wherein the metric is based on a quantity of occurrences, indicated by the historical data, of corresponding users repeating the first type of query and adjusting a response volume setting within a preset timeframe;
• based on the metric associated with the first type of query, cause a response characteristic to be executed automatically whenever the type of query is received from a user.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, in response to execution of the instructions by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the following operations:

• receiving a query from a user at a user interface of a computing device;
• detecting that a response volume setting is muted;
• determining, based on a metric derived from historical manual volume adjustments for one or more past queries having a determined relationship to the query, that the user has an expectation of perceiving an audible response to the query;
• based on the detected response volume setting and the expectation of the user, automatically adjusting the detected response volume setting;
• and
• generating the audible response at a speaker of the computing device.