1. A method for playing back dictated audio, comprising the steps of: playing back as a stream of audible words each word in a sequence of dictated text recognized by a speech application by using dictated audio; as said playing back continues, searching ahead in said sequence for words unassociated with dictated audio; processing each said word unassociated with dictated audio in a text to speech engine to synthesize a spoken instance of each said word unassociated with dictated audio; and, inserting said synthesized spoken words into said stream of audible words to fill in for each of said words unassociated with dictated audio, whereby said stream of audible words is a complete playback of said dictated text sequence.