13. A method for dynamic adjustment of audio prompts in response to a users interaction modality in a communications system having a multimodal interface comprising a speech interface for accessing a speech recognizer and another interface, the method comprising: after prompting a user for input and capturing input, generating an input identifier associated with the user input modality, determining the mode of user input modality and selecting a corresponding one of a foreground state and a background state of the speech interface.
13. A method for dynamic adjustment of audio prompts in response to a users interaction modality in a communications system having a multimodal interface comprising a speech interface for accessing a speech recognizer and another interface, the method comprising: after prompting a user for input and capturing input, generating an input identifier associated with the user input modality, determining the mode of user input modality and selecting a corresponding one of a foreground state and a background state of the speech interface. 23. A method according to claim 13 wherein when the user selected a non-speech input/output mechanism, switching the speech interface to the background state.