4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the differences in style are one or more of accent, pronunciation accuracy, speed, pitch, cadency, intonation, co-articulation, syllable emphasis, syllable duration, native language information, grammar, vocabulary and idioms.
1. A method for enhancing communication understandability comprising: one or more of monitoring speech from a first participant in a conversation with a second participant or retrieving from a profile characteristics associated with the first participant; one or more of monitoring speech from the second participant in the conversation or retrieving from a profile characteristics associated with the second participant; identifying, by an enhancement understandability system having a processor and memory, characteristics that represent differences in style between the first and second participants; and utilizing one or more independently measurable components of speech that can affect understandability to provide an indication to each participant who is speaking of an estimated ease with which a participant in the conversation who is listening can understand the participant who is speaking.