24. The apparatus of claim 23 , further comprising: third reception means for receiving first input from the speaker specifying a pause of the dictation stream before generation of the second partial audio stream; and fourth reception means for receiving second input from the speaker specifying a resumption of the dictation stream.
23. An apparatus comprising: first generation means for generating a first partial audio stream representing first speech of a speaker; first association means for associating with the first partial audio stream a first time relative to a reference point in a dictation stream, of which the first partial audio stream is a part; second generation means for generating a second partial audio stream representing second speech of the speaker; second association means for associating with the second partial audio stream a second time relative to the reference point in the dictation stream, of which the second partial audio stream is a part; and a consumer comprising: first reception means for receiving the first partial audio stream over a network; first writing means for writing the first partial audio stream into an effective dictation stream at a position based on the first time; second reception means for receiving the second partial audio stream over the network; second writing means for writing the second partial audio stream into the effective dictation stream at a position based on the second time; and consumption means for consuming at least part of the effective dictation to produce output before completion of writing the second partial audio stream.