1. A method, comprising: using a processor on an electronic device to: detect the occurrence of a user interface event requesting audio feedback on the electronic device at a first time; identify a plurality of audio items associated with the user interface event, wherein the plurality of audio items comprises at least two verbal audio items and at least one non-verbal audio item, and wherein each verbal audio item of the plurality of audio items has a different level of verbosity comprising a different amount of spoken words; select a first audio item from the plurality of audio items that corresponds to a first desired verbosity level determined based at least partially upon whether the user interface event previously occurred within a particular time interval prior to the first time; and provide the audio feedback by playing back the selected first audio item on the electronic device using an audio output device.