12. A method for implementing an interactive automated system, comprising: using a telematics processing system located on-board a vehicle, receiving in a first interaction an indication of intent from a vehicle driver and, thereafter, in a second interaction that is separate from the first interaction, receiving from the vehicle driver a spoken utterance associated with the indicated intent wherein the spoken utterance associated with the indicated intent matches intended text of a type of intent available to the vehicle driver; processing the spoken utterance of the second interaction using the processing system; transmitting the processed speech information to a remote data center using a wireless link; analyzing the transmitted processed speech information to scale and end-point the speech utterance; based upon the indicated intent, selecting at least one optimal speech recognition engine from a set of speech recognition engines; converting the analyzed speech information into packet data format; using an internet-protocol transport network, transporting the packet speech information and vehicle location information to the selected at least one optimal speech recognition for translation of the converted speech information into text format; retrieving recognition results and an associated confidence score from the selected at least one optimal speech recognition engine; continuing an automated dialog with the vehicle driver if the confidence score meets or exceeds a pre-determined threshold for the best match; and selecting at least one alternative speech recognition engine that is agent-assisted to translate the converted speech information into text format if the confidence score is low such that it is below a pre-determined threshold for the best match.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the automated dialog is continued with the vehicle driver prior to, or subsequent to, receiving the recognition results in an asynchronous manner.