1. A universal voice-data handling system for interfacing between a software application program and at least one speech-related application interface, the voice-data handling system comprising: a. a computer system; b. a run-time module, loaded into and running on the computer system, the run-time module adapted to a specialized task for running concurrently and interactively with the at least one speech-related application interface; c. an initialization file, loaded into the computer system, containing parameters specific to the software application program for specifying a behavior of the run-time module in relation to the software application program; and d. an application for generating the initialization file based on the behavior required by the software application program.