28. The interactive speech system of claim 17 , wherein characteristics of an interactive electronic dialog agent are adjusted and tailored by the system individually for each speaker in response to configuration data and/or commands from a web page.
28. The interactive speech system of claim 17 , wherein characteristics of an interactive electronic dialog agent are adjusted and tailored by the system individually for each speaker in response to configuration data and/or commands from a web page. 29. The interactive speech system of claim 28 , wherein said characteristics of said interactive electronic dialog agent are based on preference data specified by the speaker.