7. The system of claim 1 in which the lattice sub-system receives inputs from a context sub-system that has knowledge of the context of a message.
1. A voice messaging system for converting an audio voice message from a caller into text, the voice messaging system comprising: a plurality of conversion resources for converting the audio voice message into the text for an intended recipient, the plurality of conversion resources comprising: at least one automatic speech recognition (ASR) system to automatically recognize at least some of the audio voice message and generate a plurality of candidate words or phrases; and a computer implemented lattice sub-system that generates a lattice of possible words or phrases, enabling an operator to view one or more candidate words or phrases and to either select one of the one or more candidate words or phrases, or, by entering one or more characters of a different word or phrase, to trigger the lattice sub-system to provide at least one alternative word or phrase, wherein the lattice sub-system automatically differentiates between parts of the message based on whether the lattice sub-system determines parts of the message to be important or unimportant.