1. A method of recognizing speech at a speech recognition system using a plurality of speech recognition vocabularies, comprising: selecting a working speech recognition vocabulary for recognizing speech from said plurality of speech recognition vocabularies based on a response by a user to an initial prompt; receiving a spoken word to be recognized; responding to determining a low likelihood of correctly recognizing said spoken word using said working speech recognition vocabulary by selecting another one of said plurality of speech recognition vocabularies, based on a response to a subsequent prompt, for use as said working speech recognition vocabulary; said method further comprising presenting said user an option of receiving future prompts in a second language different from a language of said initial prompt based on a response to at least one of said initial prompt and said subsequent prompt.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein said initial and subsequent prompts are audibly presented to said user.