1. An apparatus for automatically generating punctuation marks in a continuous speech recognition system, comprising means ( 1, 2, 3, 5 ) for recognizing user speech and converting said user speech into words, characterized in that said means ( 1, 2, 3, 5 ) for recognizing user speech further recognizes pseudo noises in said user speech; and said apparatus characterized by further comprising: means ( 9 ) for marking pseudo noises in output results of said means ( 1, 2, 3, 5 ) for recognizing user speech; means ( 10, 14, 13 ) for generating punctuation marks by finding most likely pseudo punctuation marks at locations of pseudo noises marked by said means ( 9 ) for marking pseudo noises based on a language model containing pseudo punctuation marks.