3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the embedded speech recognizer is configured to perform speech recognition on at least one first type of information and the remote speech recognizer is configured to perform speech recognition on at least one second type of information, and wherein determining whether speech recognition by the remote speech recognizer is desired comprises: determining whether the input speech includes input audio corresponding to the at least one second type of information.
1. A method of performing speech recognition in a distributed speech recognition system comprising an electronic device having an embedded speech recognizer and a network device having a remote speech recognizer remote from the electronic device, the method comprising: receiving, by the electronic device, input audio uninterrupted by one or more prompts output from the electronic device, wherein the input audio comprises input speech; identifying multiple types of information in the input speech; determining whether speech recognition by the remote speech recognizer is desired, wherein the determining is based, at least in part, on the identified types of information in the input speech; and in response to determining that speech recognition by the remote speech recognizer is desired, processing a first portion of the input speech by the embedded speech recognizer and sending a second portion of the input speech to the network device for recognition by the remote speech recognizer.