1. A method for managing a dialog between an interactive system configured to provide a prompt comprising one or more phrases and a user comprising the steps: audibly providing to the user a first portion of said prompt by said interactive system wherein said prompt comprises one or more phrases; detecting an audible input at the interactive system wherein said audible input potentially is speech response from the user, said audible input detected during the provision of a particular phrase of said one or more phrases, wherein said particular phrase comprises a prehold portion and a hold portion wherein said prehold portion occurs before said hold portion; determining an audible input onset time during the particular phrase when onset of said audible input is detected by said interactive system; terminating audibly providing to the user by said interactive system a remaining portion of the particular phrase when said audible input onset time occurs during said prehold portion of said particular phrase; and continuing to audibly provide said remaining portion of said particular phrase to said user when said audible input onset time occurs during said hold portion of said particular phrase.