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. 14. A method according to claim 13 comprising when the users input modality is speech, selecting the foreground state of the speech interface, and when the users input modality is non-speech, selecting a background mode of the speech interface.