5. A method of operating a speech dialog system which includes a speech recognition unit which receives spoken inputs from a user, a speech output device which delivers spoken outputs to the user, and a speech dialog control unit which controls a spoken dialog with the user based on a speech dialog description, the method comprising: controlling the spoken dialog with the user based on the speech dialog description; during the spoken dialog, marking an entry position in the spoken dialog with a corresponding marker; storing the marker, an address in the speech dialog description corresponding to the marked position in the spoken dialog, and a user selection for an input to be input at the marked position; in response to the user inputting the stored marker at a later time, selecting the address in the speech dialog description corresponding to the marked entry position and inputting the user selection at the marked entry position such that the spoken dialog continues from the marked position without the user inputting a user selection.
15. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the user selection includes a keyword.