27. An error correcting voice recognition system as claimed in claim 26, wherein the processor is operable to issue an audible prompt to confirm whether the corrected telephone number is a telephone number to be called.
26. An error correcting voice recognition system comprising: a data storage subsystem having error correction data including data representative of telephone number distribution characteristics in a telephone numbering area in which the system is configured for deployment, and historical calling data representative of a telephone number calling history; a speech recognizer operable for receiving an audible telephone number from the user and generating a speech data based on the audible telephone number; and a processor coupled to the speech recognizer and the data storage subsystem, the processor generating a corrected telephone number based on the error correction data.