Voice-command suggestions based on user identity

1. On a computing system, a method for suggesting voice commands to control user interaction with the computing system, the method comprising:

identifying a user identity of a user interacting with the computing system;

selecting a voice command from a set of voice commands based on the user identity;

identifying a voice-command suggestion corresponding to the voice command wherein voice commands corresponding to voice-command suggestions that have previously been presented to the user are associated with the user identity, and wherein voice-command suggestions that have been previously presented to the user and ignored by the user are omitted from being selected as the voice command for a designated period; and

presenting, via a display, a graphical user interface including the voice-command suggestion.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein voice commands that have previously been successfully employed by the user are associated with the user identity, and wherein a voice command that has not previously been successfully employed by the user is selected as the voice command.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein applications of the computing system previously used by the user are associated with the user identity, and wherein a voice command for controlling an application that has been used by the user is selected as the voice command.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving via user input a request for voice-command suggestions; and

wherein the voice-command suggestion is presented in a voice-command suggestion overlay positioned in front of a currently displayed user interface in response to receiving the request.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a contextual state of the graphical user interface; and

wherein the voice command is selected from a context-specific subset of the set of voice commands, the context-specific subset including voice commands for controlling operation of the computing system in the contextual state.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the contextual state includes one or more of a music state, a video state, a gameplay state, and a communication state.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein identifying the contextual state of the graphical user interface includes identifying a plurality of contextual states, and the method further comprises:

assigning a priority order to the plurality of contextual states; and

wherein the voice command is selected according to the priority order.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the voice command includes a parameterized voice command including a root operation and a parameter that modifies the root operation, and wherein the method further comprises:

selecting a personalized value of the parameter based on the user identity; and

presenting via the display a voice-command suggestion with the personalized value of the parameter.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the personalized value of the parameter is a first personalized value, and wherein the method further comprises:

in response to exceeding a duration, selecting a second personalized value of the parameter based on the user identity, the second personalized value differing from the first personalized value; and

presenting the parameterized voice-command suggestion with the second personalized value.

10. A computing system, comprising:

a logic machine; and

a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to:

recognize a first user of a plurality of users interacting with the computing system as a controlling user ready to provide voice input;

select a first voice command from a set of voice commands based on a user identity of the first user while the first user is the controlling user;

identify a first voice-command suggestion corresponding to the selected voice command;

present via a display a graphical user interface including the first voice-command suggestion with a first visual indication that the first voice-command suggestion applies to the first user;

recognize a second user of the plurality of users as the controlling user;

select a second voice command from the set of voice commands based on a user identity of the second user while the second user is the controlling user, the second voice command differing from the first voice command;

identify a second voice-command suggestion corresponding to the second selected voice command; and

present via the display the graphical user interface including the second voice-command suggestion with a second visual indication that the second voice-command suggestion applies to the second user, the second voice-command suggestion differing from the first voice-command suggestion, and the first visual indication differing from the second visual indication.

11. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the storage machine further holds instructions executable by the logic machine to:

identify a contextual state of the graphical user interface; and

wherein the voice command is selected from a context-specific subset of the set of voice commands, the context-specific subset including voice commands for controlling operation of the computing system in the contextual state.

12. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the contextual state includes one or more of a music state, a video state, a gameplay state, and a communication state.

13. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein identifying the contextual state of the graphical user interface includes identifying a plurality of contextual states, and wherein the storage machine further holds instructions executable by the logic machine to:

assign a priority order to the plurality of contextual states; and

wherein the voice command is selected according to the priority order.

14. A computing system, comprising:

a logic machine; and

a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to:

identify a user identity of a user interacting with the computing system;

select a parameterized voice command from a set of voice commands based on the user identity, the parameterized voice command including a root operation and a parameter that modifies the root operation;

select a first personalized value of the parameter based on the user identity;

identify a parameterized voice-command suggestion corresponding to the selected parameterized voice command;

present via a display a graphical user interface including the parameterized voice-command suggestion with the first personalized value of the parameter;

in response to exceeding a duration, select a second personalized value of the parameter based on the user identity, the second personalized value differing from the first personalized value; and

present via the display the parameterized voice-command suggestion with the second personalized value of the parameter.

15. The computing system of claim 14 , wherein the personalized value of the parameter is a first personalized value selected based on a first user identity of a first user, and wherein the storage machine further holds instructions executable by the logic machine to:

identify a plurality of user identities of users interacting with the computing system;

in response to exceeding a duration, select a second personalized value of the parameter based on a second user identity of a second user of the plurality of users, the second personalized value differing from the first personalized value; and

present via the display the parameterized voice-command suggestion with the second personalized value of the parameter.

16. The computing system of claim 14 , wherein the storage machine further holds instructions executable by the logic machine to:

identify a contextual state of the graphical user interface; and

wherein the parameterized voice command is selected from a context-specific subset of the set of voice commands, the context-specific subset including voice commands for controlling operation of the computing system in the contextual state.