Methods and apparatus for providing input to a speech-enabled application program

At least one non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of at least one server computer, perform a method of providing input to a speech-enabled application program executing on a computer, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the at least one server computer, audio data provided from a mobile communications device that is not connected to the computer by a wired or a wireless connection;
• obtaining, at the at least one server computer, a recognition result generated from performing automated speech recognition on the audio data;
• and
• sending the recognition result from the at least one server computer to the computer executing the speech-enabled application program.

At least one server computer comprising:

• at least one tangible storage medium that stores processor-executable instructions for providing input to a speech-enabled application program executing on a computer;
• and
• at least one hardware processor that executes the processor-executable instructions to:
• receive, at the at least one server computer, audio data provided from a mobile communications device that is not connected to the computer by a wired or a wireless connection;
• obtain, at the at least one server computer, a recognition result generated from performing automated speech recognition on the audio data;
• and
• send the recognition result from the at least one server computer to the computer executing the speech-enabled application program.