1. A method for automatic speech recognition (ASR) and vocoding (VC), comprising the steps of: converting a first signal representing speech to a second signal having raw mel capstrum vector (MCV) and a third signal having raw pitch; subtracting a calibration vector from said MCV to form a difference vector; multiplying a calibration matrix with said difference vector to produce a recalibrated MCV; recalibrating said raw pitch with a logarithmic function; concatenating said recalibrated MCV with said recalibrated pitch to form a recalibrated vector; compressing and quantizing said recalibrated vector to form a vector quantized signal; and forwarding said vector quantized signal to a remote receiver for decoding said vector quantized signal received by the remote receiver to recover said speech.