22. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to: convert the chosen utterance into an equivalent speech form of input prior to provisioning of the utterance as the response.
19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to, upon selection of the matching input mode, perform: analyze the speech application grammar associated with the interaction node; generate a plurality of utterances based on the speech application grammar corresponding to the interaction node, the plurality of utterances associated with respective weighted values; and choose the utterance to be provided as the response to the speech application based on the respective weighted values associated with the plurality of utterances.