1. A method of providing a telephony voice user interface for a user comprising: presenting an input interface to enable the user to specify personality information comprising one or more individual character traits without regard to user interaction history; selecting a consistent personality for a virtual host based on the specified personality information, wherein the consistent personality defines adjustments to one or more user interaction features of the virtual host; storing, at a computing device, the individual character traits in a user profile having preference information for the user; and generating the virtual host with the consistent personality in accordance with the individual character traits, in addition to behavior of the virtual host modified by user interaction history.
1. A method of providing a telephony voice user interface for a user comprising: presenting an input interface to enable the user to specify personality information comprising one or more individual character traits without regard to user interaction history; selecting a consistent personality for a virtual host based on the specified personality information, wherein the consistent personality defines adjustments to one or more user interaction features of the virtual host; storing, at a computing device, the individual character traits in a user profile having preference information for the user; and generating the virtual host with the consistent personality in accordance with the individual character traits, in addition to behavior of the virtual host modified by user interaction history. 3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the individual character traits comprise information defining a speed of voice for the virtual host.