1. A method of training an alert message response system, comprising: controlling, by a user, an alert response message application running on a first wireless communication device to enter into a training mode of operation during which it automatically initiates a routine that operates to play a training message which instructs the same user to enter a code in response to the training message into a second wireless communication device, and transmitting the code to the first wireless communication device from the second wireless communication device; wherein the second wireless communication device is in communication with the first wireless communication device over a short range wireless communication link; detecting, by the alert response message application running on the first wireless communication device, receipt of the response code and playing a training alert message on the first wireless communication device, the training alert message having content that is different than content in the training message; and responding, by the user of the second wireless communication device to the played training alert message, with an utterance that is received by the second wireless communication device and transmitted to the alert message response application running on the first wireless communication device over the short-range communication link, and storing the user utterance as an alert message training response in association with the response code.