1. A method of performing speech recognition in a distributed speech recognition system comprising an electronic device including an embedded speech recognizer and a network device including a remote speech recognizer remote from the electronic device, the method comprising: receiving, by the electronic device, input audio comprising speech; transmitting at least a portion of the input audio to the network device for processing by the remote speech recognizer to produce a remote speech recognition result; processing, by the embedded speech recognizer, at least a portion of the input audio to produce a local speech recognition result; identifying based on a command word included in the local speech recognition result, a mobile phone application; performing a partial action on the electronic device, based, at least in part, on the local speech recognition result, wherein performing a partial action comprises starting the identified mobile phone application on the electronic device, wherein performing the partial action is initiated prior to receiving the remote speech recognition result from the network device; receiving, from the network device, the remote speech recognition result; and performing a full action on the electronic device that completes the partial action based, at least in part, and responsive to receiving the remote speech recognition result from the network device.