Speech controls for use with a speech system

A computer-storage medium containing at least one computer-executable speech control code module, comprising:

• a grammar that is associated with and used by a speech-enabled application containing the speech control code module to communicate with a speech system on which the speech-enabled application executes;
• wherein the speech control code module is portable between speech-enabled applications;
• wherein the speech control code module provides standardized user interface behavior to each speech-enabled application in which it is included;
• wherein the speech control code module is capable of simultaneously associating multiple grammars with multiple speech-enabled applications;
• and
• wherein in response to the speech control receiving a command included in a grammar associated with an unloaded speech-enabled application, the speech system automatically loads the unloaded speech-enabled application.

A speech system comprising;

• one or more computer-executable speech controls stored on a computer-storage medium;
• one or more speech-enabled applications;
• wherein each of the one or more speech controls contains one or more code modules;
• wherein each of the speech-enabled applications includes one or more of the speech controls;
• wherein each of the speech-enabled applications has one or more grammars associated with it;
• wherein each of the speech-enabled applications may be associated with different grammars;
• wherein each grammar comprises a set of user commands which the speech-enabled application is interested in detecting;
• wherein each of the speech enabled applications registers the associated grammars with the speech system;
• wherein the grammars may be either static or dynamic;
• wherein the speech system is configured to manage interactions between the one or more speech-enabled applications and a use of the one or more grammars;
• wherein the speech system is configured to prevent more than one speech-enabled application from addressing a user at a given time;
• wherein the speech system is configured to recognize a user command;
• wherein the speech system determines which grammar includes the recognized user command;
• wherein the speech system determines which speech-enabled application the determined grammar is associated with;
• wherein the speech system determines if the associated speech-enabled application is running;
• wherein the speech system launches an associated speech-enabled application that is not running;
• and
• wherein the speech system passes the recognized command to the associated speech-enabled application.