Concise dynamic grammars using N-best selection

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• creating a correlation table based on speech input from a user, the correlation table comprising alternative character combinations of the speech input and comprising a non-alphanumeric character;
• generating a selection identifier based on the speech input, the selection identifier corresponding to a data element;
• comparing the alternative character combinations and the selection identifier to reference identifiers, to yield a matched identifier comprising a reference identifier corresponding to the speech input;
• and
• when the matched identifier comprises more than one reference identifier, voice prompting, by a voice prompt device, the user to select which of the more than one reference identifier corresponds to the speech input.

A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• creating a correlation table based on speech input from a user, the correlation table comprising alternative character combinations of the speech input and comprising a non-alphanumeric character;
• generating a selection identifier based on the speech input, the selection identifier corresponding to a data element;
• comparing the alternative character combinations and the selection identifier to reference identifiers, to yield a matched identifier comprising a reference identifier corresponding to the speech input;
• and
• when the matched identifier comprises more than one reference identifier, voice prompting, by a voice prompt device, the user to select which of the more than one reference identifier corresponds to the speech input.