1. A system for facilitating the exchange of speech recognition and transcription among users, the system comprising: at least one system transaction manager using a uniform system protocol, adapted to receive a speech information request from at least one of the users employing a first user legacy protocol, and configured to route a response to one or more of the users employing a second user legacy protocol the response comprised of a formatted transcription of formatted spoken text; 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; and an application service adapter configured to provide bi-directional translation between the first user legacy protocol and the uniform system protocol and between the second user legacy protocol and the uniform system protocol.