7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first response from the system transaction manager is received by the second user employing the second protocol at a hand held device capable of displaying the transcribed spoken text in a user application.
1. A system for facilitating speech recognition and transcription, the system comprising: at least one transaction manager configured to utilize a uniform system protocol to receive a first request from a first user employing a first protocol different from the uniform system protocol, the transaction manager further configured to route a first response to a second user employing a second protocol different from the uniform system protocol, the first response comprised of recognized spoken text; at least one interface in communication with the at least one transaction manager and supporting dictation applications; and at least one speech engine in communication with the at least one transaction manager and configured to receive a second request from the at least one transaction manager and to transmit a second response containing the recognized spoken text to the at least one transaction manager.