Multi-modal inputs for voice commands

    公开(公告)号:US11462215B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-04

    申请号:US16232855

    申请日:2018-12-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example process, a first input including activation of an affordance is received. A domain associated with the affordance is determined. A second input including user speech is received, where a user intent is determined based on the domain and the user speech. A determination is made whether the user intent includes a command associated with the affordance. In accordance with a determination that the user intent includes a command associated with the affordance, a task in furtherance of the command is performed.

    Sonic responses
    16.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11804215B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-31

    申请号:US17949947

    申请日:2022-09-21

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G10L15/18 G10L15/22 G10L2015/221 G10L2015/223

    Abstract: An example process includes: receiving a first natural language input; initiating, by a digital assistant operating on the electronic device, a first task based on the first natural language input; determining whether the first task is of a predetermined type; and in accordance with a determination that the first task is of a predetermined type: determining whether one or more criteria are satisfied; and providing a response to the first natural language input, where providing the response includes: in accordance with a determination that the one or more criteria are not satisfied, outputting a first sound indicative of the initiated first task and a first verbal response indicative of the initiated first task; and in accordance with a determination that the one or more criteria are satisfied, outputting the first sound without outputting the first verbal response.

    Intelligent list reading
    17.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11227589B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-18

    申请号:US16249548

    申请日:2019-01-16

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant to perform intelligent list reading are provided. In one example process, a spoken user request associated with a plurality of data items is received. The process determines whether a degree of specificity of the spoken user request is less than a threshold level. In response to determining that a degree of specificity of the spoken user request is less than a threshold level, one or more attributes related to the spoken user request are determined. The one or more attributes are not defined in the spoken user request. Additionally, a list of data items based on the spoken user request and the one or more attributes is obtained. A spoken response comprising a subset of the list of data items is generated and the spoken response is provided.

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