METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIMODAL COMMUNICATION WITH USER CONTROL OF DELIVERY MODALITY

摘要

A method and apparatus for providing multimodal communication outputs information, such as retrieved content, in a first modality. An output modality change command (122) is generated, such as via a multimodal user input interface (116), or other suitable mechanism. A multimodal communication apparatus (102) and method then reprovides the previously output information as reprovided information (124) in a different output modality in response to receiving the output modality change command (122). Accordingly, a user or unit may have content delivered in one modality and redelivered in a different preferred modality or modalities. Accordingly, a user or device may request output modalities dynamically so that content can be delivered using a different user preference after the content has already been provided in a first modality.