13. The system of claim 10 , wherein to map comprises: sequencing out at least a portion of features of the one or more features to provide a feature sequence; and comparing the feature sequence to one or more defined sequences to identify one or more sound constructs of a selected language.
10. A system of identifying words in a speech segment, said system comprising: a device to obtain a speech segment, and to determine one or more words of the speech segment, wherein to determine a word of the speech segment, the device performs a plurality of actions comprising: identifying one or more soundlets within the word, wherein a soundlet of the one or more soundlets has a sound wave associated therewith, the sound wave having a sound wave contour, and the identifying for the soundlet comprises: analyzing the sound wave contour of at least a portion of the sound wave of the soundlet to determine one or more variations within the sound wave contour; assigning one or more features to the one or more variations; and mapping the one or more features to one or more sound constructs, wherein the one or more sound constructs are at least part of the word.