Virtualized Speech in a Distributed Network Environment

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a client computing device, a speech input associated with a user;
• converting, by an application on the client computing device, the speech input into text data;
• and
• sending, by the application executing on the client computing device, the text data to a speech-enabled application executable on a remote server, via a connection between the remote server with the application executing on the client computing device, to prevent errors in an audio input to the speech-enabled application caused by use of audio that have been distorted due to transmission of the audio from the client computing device to the speech-enabled application.

A server device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the server device to;
• provide, via a connection between the server with an application on a remote client device, access to a speech-enabled application executable on the server;
• receive, text data from the application executing on the remote client device, a text data representative of an audio input received by the remote client device and being identified as an input for the speech-enabled application;
• convert the received text data back to an audio input;
• and
• provide the converted audio input to the speech-enabled application, to prevent errors in an audio output of the speech-enabled application caused by use of audio files that have been distorted due to transmission of the audio files from the remote client device to the speech-enabled application.