8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the intonation pattern corresponds to a defined type of the information conveyed by the spoken prompts.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the intonation pattern corresponds to a defined type of the information conveyed by the spoken prompts. 9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the intonation pattern is determined based on responses of a population of participants in a computer-based exchange to specific types of voice prompts.