13. A configurable speech dialer comprising: a speech dialer to recognize speech; and a geographic configuration unit to receive roaming indications from a cellular telephone and to provide said speech dialer with a location associated with said telephone, said speech dialer to recognize said speech at least according to the numbering plan of said location, the speech recognition unit utilizing the numbering plan and location as hard constraints for recognizing a telephone number defined by said speech, the numbering plan identifying hard and soft constraints and the speech dialer employing the identified hard constraints for recognizing spoken telephone digits in the incoming speech signal, such that the speech dialer: determines, based on the determined location, an expected speech pattern indicative of grouping of digits and placement of pauses in the incoming speech signal; and derives the soft constraints limiting an expected entered telephone number defined by the spoken telephone digits.
17. The dialer according to claim 13 and wherein said speech dialer utilizes said numbering plan as hard constraints.