A system, method and computer program product are provided for determining
an area code during voice activated dialing. Initially, utterances are
received from the user during a session via a speech recognition portal.
Such utterances are indicative of a third party. A speech recognition
process is then performed on the utterances to interpret the utterances. A
phone number is then identified based on the utterances. It is then
determined whether the phone number includes an area code. If it is
determined that the phone number does not include an area code, the area
code is inferred. The inferred area code may then be outputted to the
user. The user is then prompted to confirm the inferred area code. The
phone number is then dialed with the inferred area code upon the receipt
of confirmation from the user.
