Patent Document ID: 7742925
Application ID: 11275212

Base Claim:
1. A speech-enabled system, comprising one or more of the following: a question control configured to provide a question function in the speech-enabled system; an announcer control configured to provide an announcer function in the speech-enabled system; a command control configured to provide an command and control function in the speech-enabled system, wherein the command control is operable to associate a grammar with a speech-enabled application; a word trainer control configured to provide a word trainer function in the speech-enabled system; wherein each of the one or more controls includes a code module which are utilized to code multiple speech-enabled applications; wherein the command control is capable of simultaneously utilizing multiple grammars associated with multiple speech-enabled applications; wherein the command control is used by the one or more speech-enabled applications to specify which of the multiple grammars an associated speech-enabled application is interested in listening to; wherein the command control is used by the one or more speech-enabled applications to alert the associated speech-enabled application when a recognition has occurred from the associated grammar; wherein in response to the command control receiving a command included in a grammar associated with an the unloaded speech-enabled application, the speech-enabled system automatically loads the unloaded speech-enabled application; and wherein one or more of the controls are computer executable and stored by a computer-storage medium.

---

Claim 13:
13. The speech-enabled system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the word trainer control is further configured to cause the speech-enabled system to: play a custom prompt to a user; wait for a response from the user; and record the response from the user.