An apparatus for answering a phone call when a recipient of the phone call decides that it is inappropriate to talk, the apparatus including control means for sending a dedicated command, opening a voice conversation with a caller, putting the apparatus in a message mode and so answering the phone call, and typing a text message; a microphone that is muted after sending the dedicated command for the whole period that the apparatus is in the message mode; an earphone device for listening to the caller; a text-to-speech injection apparatus including a text-to-speech translation apparatus and a database of words for synthesizing the text message into a speech message and transmitting the speech message to the caller during the voice conversation; and a voice-message injection module for sending an alert voice message to the caller saying that the recipient is not talking, but is substituted by the text-to-speech injection apparatus.

Methods and apparatuses for providing feedback information to a second terminal, to avoid disturbance of data directed to a user associated with a first terminal. The method includes receiving data directed to the user associated with the first terminal, transmitting a request for a current status of the user to the wearable device, receiving broadcast packets, wherein the broadcast packets comprises an identifier of the wearable device and the current status of the user, based on the identifier of the wearable device, determining whether the wearable device has been paired with the first terminal, and if so, executing, at the first terminal, at least one feedback operation directed to the second terminal using the current status of the user to indicate the current status of the user.

A dynamic voice user interface system is provided. The dynamic voice user interface system interacts with a user at a first level of formality. The voice user interface system then monitors history of user interaction and adjusts the voice user interface to interact with the user with a second level of formality based on the history of user interaction.

Receiving a telephone call to an auto-attendant, artificial intelligence, or person takes place. While this phone call is being conducted, a speech to text transcription is created and sent in real-time to another person at another network node. This person can read the transcript and interact with the phone call by sending his or her own commands, text, or speech to be made part of the phone call.

A computer detects a connected voice or video call between participants and records a brief media sample. Speech recognition is utilized to determine when the call is connected as well as to transcribe the content of the audio portion of the media sample. The recorded media sample and transcribed content is associated with the connected voice or video call such that a user may reference it at a later point. The computer additionally suggests creating or editing contact information associated with the participants of the connected voice or video call based on the transcribed content.

A method and a system for voice transmission control. The method comprises: receiving, by a voice answering device, a voice command and transmitting the voice command to a sound control server through a network data transmission channel; recognizing, by the sound control server, the voice command, generating corresponding second VXML control information based on a recognition result, and transmitting the second VXML control information to the voice answering device through the network data transmission channel; and performing, by the voice answering device, an operation according to the received second VXML control information. With this method, the architecture and workflow of the communication system can be simplified, and the difficulty of design thereof can be reduced.

A computer detects a connected voice or video call between participants and records a brief media sample. Speech recognition is utilized to determine when the call is connected as well as to transcribe the content of the audio portion of the media sample. The recorded media sample and transcribed content is associated with the connected voice or video call such that a user may reference it at a later point. The computer additionally suggests creating or editing contact information associated with the participants of the connected voice or video call based on the transcribed content.

A method is provided which comprises: receiving, by a phone, a phone call from a caller device; providing, by the phone, an indication of the phone call to a user of the phone; subsequent to providing the indication of the phone call, receiving (i) a selection of an option to decline the call with a customized audio message and (ii) an indication of a time duration; generating an audio message, the audio message indicating that the user of the phone is likely to call back the caller device within the time duration; and causing the audio message to be transmitted to the caller device.

A method and a system for voice transmission control. The method comprises: receiving, by a voice answering device, a voice command and transmitting the voice command to a sound control server through a network data transmission channel; recognizing, by the sound control server, the voice command, generating corresponding second VXML control information based on a recognition result, and transmitting the second VXML control information to the voice answering device through the network data transmission channel; and performing, by the voice answering device, an operation according to the received second VXML control information. With this method, the architecture and workflow of the communication system can be simplified, and the difficulty of design thereof can be reduced.

A method and a system for voice transmission control. The method comprises: receiving, by a voice answering device, a voice command and transmitting the voice command to a sound control server through a network data transmission channel; recognizing, by the sound control server, the voice command, generating corresponding VXML control information based on a recognition result, and transmitting the VXML control information to the voice answering device through the network data transmission channel; and performing, by the voice answering device, an operation according to the received VXML control information. With this method, the architecture and workflow of the communication system can be simplified, and the difficulty of design thereof can be reduced.