1. A method for providing entries in a speech recognition (SR) lexicon ( 7 ) of a speech recognition system ( 1 ), said entries mapping speech recognition (SR) phoneme sequences to words, said method comprising receiving a respective word, and if the respective word is a new word to be added to the speech recognition (SR) lexicon, also receiving at least one associated SR phoneme sequence through input means ( 26 ), and converting the associated SR phoneme sequence into speech by phoneme to speech conversion means ( 4. 4 ), and playing back the speech to enable control of a match of the SR phoneme sequence and the respective word.