Networked voice-activated dialing and call-completion system

A method of establishing a call between a calling party associated with a first voice-activated dialer and a called party station associated with a second voice-activated dialer that is communicatively coupled to the first voice-activated dialer, the method comprising the steps of:

• configuring the first voice activated dialer and the second voice-activated dialer to Perform voice-activated dialing functions;
• (a) receiving, at the first voice-activated dialer, a first spoken utterance from the calling party, said first spoken utterance indicative of a called party station to which a connection is desired;
• (b) recognizing the first spoken utterance to determine if the called party station can be identified at the second voice-activated dialer;
• (c) transmitting to the second voice-activated dialer at least a portion of the first spoken utterance;
• (d) in response, receiving information from the second voice-activated dialer, said information enabling the first voice-activated dialer to complete the calling party's call to the called party station.

A method of establishing a call between a calling party associated with a first voice-activated dialer and a called party station associated with a second voice-activated dialer that is communicatively coupled to the first voice-activated dialer, the method comprising the steps of:

• configuring the first voice activated dialer and the second voice-activated dialer to perform voice-activated dialing functions;
• (a) receiving, at the first voice-activated dialer, a first spoken utterance from the calling party, said first spoken utterance indicative of a called party station to which a connection is desired;
• (b) recognizing the first spoken utterance to determine if the called party station can be identified at the second voice-activated dialer;
• (c) translating at least a portion of the the first spoken utterance to text;
• (d) transmitting to the second voice-activated dialer at least a portion of the translated text;
• (e) in response, receiving information from the second voice-activated dialer, said information being of such type as to enable the first voice-activated dialer to complete processing the calling party's call to the called party station.