Computer network telephony

A computer network telephone comprising:

• speech recognition functionality wherein a voice channel is opened to said speech recognition functionality on activation of said computer network telephone;
• a network address database functionality having a plurality of ip address, each ip address having an assocaited name;
• and
• a routing logic module;
• wherein the speech recognition functionality determines a name from a spoken name, an ip address is determined from the network address database using the determined name, and the routing logic module uses the determined ip address to establish a connection with another network telephone at the determined ip address.

A computer network telephony server comprising:

• speech recognition functionality;
• means for opening a voice channel from a first ip phone to the speech recognition functionality on activation of said first ip phone;
• network address database functionality having a plurality of ip address, each ip address having an associated name;
• and
• routing logic module;
• wherein the speech recognition functionality determines a name from a spoken name sent to the server from the ip telephone, an ip address for a second network phone will be determined from the network address database using the determined name, and routing logic will use the determined ip address to establish a connection between the first ip phone and a second ip phone at the determined ip address.