Computer implemented methods and apparatus for selectively interacting with a server to build a local dictation database for speech recognition at a device

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a computing device to perform a method for selectively interacting with a server to build a local dictation database for speech recognition at a device, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a computing device associated with a user, a first audio sample;
• determining, at the computing device, that the first audio sample does not match any of one or more audio samples stored in a local dictation database of the computing device;
• transmitting the first audio sample to a remote server for detection of one or more words indicated by the first audio sample;
• receiving data identifying the one or more words from the remote server;
• and
• updating the local dictation database to store the first audio sample in association with the one or more words.

One or more computing devices for selectively interacting with a server to build a local dictation database for speech recognition at a device, the one or more computing devices comprising:

• one or more processors operable to execute one or more instructions to:
• receive, at a computing device associated with a user, a first audio sample;
• determine, at the computing device, that the first audio sample does not match any of one or more audio samples stored in a local dictation database of the computing device;
• transmit the first audio sample to a remote server for detection of one or more words indicated by the first audio sample;
• receive data identifying the one or more words from the remote server;
• and
• update the local dictation database to store the first audio sample in association with the one or more words.