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To: stephen wall who wrote (2601)	7/1/1998 9:29:00 PM
From: Kevin G. O'Neill	Respond to of 10081

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To: stephen wall who wrote (2601)	7/1/1998 10:08:00 PM
From: Sea Otter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10081

To answer your question on word latency. I don't know this technology directly, however I'm told that the VUI makes certain averaging assumptions depending on the modality. This makes the response appear quicker and more intelligent in the "usual" average case. So in this example, Portico is reading back an email. You tell it to "Stop". The mere fact you uttered any word tells Portico that you probably want it to stop speaking for awhile. So it makes this assumption while, in parallel, it parses your command. It will then resume the read-back should the command not indicate "Stop". But, in the usual case, you did indeed want it to Stop. So Portico anticipated this and stopped anyway, leading to a seamless experience as you might expect from a true human assistant. Sea Otter