1. A system for facilitating the exchange of speech recognition and transcription among users, the system comprising: at least one system transaction manager adapted to receive a speech information request from at least one of the users employing a first system protocol, and configured to route a response to one or more of the users employing a second system protocol that is different than the first system protocol, the response comprised of a formatted transcription of formatted spoken text; and at least one speech recognition and transcription engine communicating with the system transaction manager, the speech recognition and transcription engine configured to receive the speech information request from the system transaction manager, to generate a response to the speech information request, and to transmit the response to the system transaction manager.