Speech controls for use with a speech system

A method of providing one or more speech controls to an application, comprising one or more of:

• providing a question control to a speech-enabled application, wherein the question control provides a question function to the speech-enabled application;
• providing an announcer control to the speech-enabled application, wherein the announcer control provides an announcer function to the speech-enabled application;
• providing a command control to the speech-enabled application, wherein the command control provides a command and control function to the speech-enabled application;
• providing a word trainer control to the speech-enabled application, wherein the word trainer control provides a word trainer function to the speech-enabled application;
• wherein each of the one or more controls utilizes a grammar to communicate with a speech system and each of the one or more controls may be utilized in more than one speech-enabled application to provide a standardized speech user interface to the speech-enabled applications;
• wherein the question control is further configured to receive a custom prompt and to play the prompt in a question from the speech system to a user;
• and
• wherein the question control is further configured to receive a custom verbose prompt and, in the event that an interaction using the custom prompt is interrupted, to play the verbose prompt in a question from the speech system to the user when the interaction resumes processing.