1. What is the most critical aspect of a VUI?

2. What is the objective of a voice portal?

3. Background noise, recognition of continuous speech, and variability of speech patterns were not among the challenges faced by voice application developers in creating a speech-recognition engine that recognized fluent and natural speech.

4. The quality of speech interpretation depends on the ability of the speech-recognition engine to properly convert spoken sounds into text-based phrases.

5. Speech-recognition applications are comprised of two fundamental components:

6. The____________ applies meaning to the words converted by the _____________ and guides users through an interactive experience. These two components work in concert in an attempt to create a pleasant user experience.

7. Which statement best describes menu-based VUIs and conversational VUIs?

8. The satisfaction rate of conversational VUI–based systems is significantly higher than menu-based systems because conversational VUIs are:

9. It is important to select a conversational VUI that has the following features:

10. Even though the voice portal user interface is adapted to local languages, speaking patterns, syntax, and cultural norms, for implementation efficiency, the underlying applications—such as voice-activated dialing—should be independent of language and culture.