7. The method of claim 6 , wherein receiving speech information over a plurality of transmission channels includes receiving speech information via at least two of the following: at least one sound card installed in at least one computer, the sound card connected to at least one microphone; at least one analog telephone line; at least one digital telephone line; at least one Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) telephone line; at least one data network channel; and at least one voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) data stream.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the channel information includes bandwidth information of the in-use channel.