Mobile dictation correction user interface

A speech recognition user correction interface for a mobile device comprising:

• means for forwarding a speech signal representative of input speech from a mobile user device to a remote server;
• means for receiving at the mobile user device from the remote server a speech recognition result representative of the speech signal, the speech recognition result including alternate recognition hypotheses associated with one or more portions of the speech recognition result;
• means for obtaining a user correction selection representing a portion of the speech recognition result;
• means for presenting to a user selected alternate recognition hypotheses associated with the user correction selection;
• and
• means for substituting a user chosen one of the selected alternate recognition hypotheses for the user correction selection to form a corrected speech recognition result.

A mobile user device comprising:

• a user correction interface including:
• means for forwarding a speech signal representative of input speech from a mobile user device to a remote server;
• means for receiving at the mobile user device from the remote server a speech recognition result representative of the speech signal, the speech recognition result including alternate recognition hypotheses associated with one or more portions of the speech recognition result;
• means for obtaining a user correction selection representing a portion of the speech recognition result;
• means for presenting to a user selected alternate recognition hypotheses associated with the user correction selection;
• and
• means for substituting a user chosen one of the selected alternate recognition hypotheses for the user correction selection to form a corrected speech recognition result.