US Patent 11804215 Sonic responses

An example process includes: receiving a first natural language input; initiating, by a digital assistant operating on the electronic device, a first task based on the first natural language input; determining whether the first task is of a predetermined type; and in accordance with a determination that the first task is of a predetermined type: determining whether one or more criteria are satisfied; and providing a response to the first natural language input, where providing the response includes: in accordance with a determination that the one or more criteria are not satisfied, outputting a first sound indicative of the initiated first task and a first verbal response indicative of the initiated first task; and in accordance with a determination that the one or more criteria are satisfied, outputting the first sound without outputting the first verbal response.