NATURAL MACHINE CONVERSING METHOD AND APPARATUS

Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with a spoken dialog system are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus for natural machine conversing with a user may comprise a listening component to detect a keyword that denotes start of a conversation; a dialog engine to converse with the user during the conversation; and a controller to selectively activate or cause to be activated one of the listening component or the dialog component, and to pass control to the activated listening component or the activated dialog engine, based at least in part on a state of the conversation. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.