1. A speech recognition and correction system which comprises at least one speech recognition device ( 1 ) to which a spoken text (GT) can be fed, it being possible for said spoken text to be transcribed into a recognized text (ET), and a correction device ( 3 ) for correcting the text (ET) recognized by the at least one speech recognition device ( 1 ), said correction device being connected to the at least one speech recognition device ( 1 ) via a data network ( 2 ) for the transmission of the recognized text (ET) and where appropriate of the spoken text (GT), characterized in that the correction device ( 3 ) has a lexicon of alternatives ( 23 ) which contains word parts, words and word sequences that can be displayed ( 22 ) by the correction device ( 3 ) as alternatives to individual word parts, words and word sequences of the recognized text.