SELECTING OPTIONS IN LISTS PRESENTED BY VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS

An interactive assistant, referred to herein as “an interactive assistant,” “a virtual assistant,” or simply an “assistant,” is described that allows a user to interrupt presentation of a list of options and select one of the options without having to wait until the virtual assistant presents all of the options in the list. The user may, in other words, stop enumeration of the options in the list by the virtual assistant and select one of the options from the options presented by the virtual assistant up to the point of being stopped by the user. The user may select the option from the list using a reference to the numerical order of the option in the list