1. A method for processing inputs from a user into a computer, the method comprising: ranking input modalities; receiving responses from the user pursuant to a plurality of modalities including receiving a confidence measure for each response; and processing, via a processing unit, the responses based on the rankings using a weighting factor for each input modality in combination with the associated confidence measure to select a user response to be used.
1. A method for processing inputs from a user into a computer, the method comprising: ranking input modalities; receiving responses from the user pursuant to a plurality of modalities including receiving a confidence measure for each response; and processing, via a processing unit, the responses based on the rankings using a weighting factor for each input modality in combination with the associated confidence measure to select a user response to be used. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the input modalities comprise at least two input modalities from the group: voice recognition, DTMF recognition, computer vision recognition, handwriting recognition, keyboard input and pointing device input.