Techniques for generating, distributing, and using speech recognition
models are described. A shared speech processing facility is used to support speech
recognition for a wide variety of devices with limited capabilities including business
computer systems, personal data assistants, etc., which are coupled to the speech
processing facility via a communications channel, e.g., the Internet. Devices with
audio capture capability record and transmit to the speech processing facility,
via the Internet, digitized speech and receive speech processing services, e.g.,
speech recognition model generation and/or speech recognition services, in response.
The Internet is used to return speech recognition models and/or information identifying
recognized words or phrases. Thus, the speech processing facility can be used to
provide speech recognition capabilities to devices without such capabilities and/or
to augment a device's speech processing capability. Voice dialing, telephone control
and/or other services are provided by the speech processing facility in response
to speech recognition results.
