1. A system for facilitating the exchange of speech recognition and transcription among users, the system comprising: (a) at least one system transaction manager and at least one post processing manager, both using a uniform system protocol wherein the transaction manager is i) adapted to receive a speech information request from at least one user employing a first user legacy protocol and flag the information request as requiring post processing, and, ii) configured to route a response to the speech information request to one or more users employing a second user legacy protocol, the speech information request comprised of spoken text and commands, including spoken commands, wherein the response comprises at least a transcription of spoken text and the post processed information requested, and wherein the post processing manager is configured to i) receive structured transcription from a speech recognition and/or transcription engine, ii) operate upon the transcribed response, including spoken commands in accordance with the speech information request, and, iii) rout the requested response to a post processing application if specified in the speech information request; (b) at least one application service adapter configured to provide bi-directional communication conversion between the first user legacy protocol and the uniform system protocol and between the second user legacy protocol and the uniform system protocol and capable of bi-directional communication with the system transaction manager; and, (c) at least one speech recognition and/or transcription engine communicating with the system transaction manager, wherein the speech recognition and/or transcription engine is configured to receive the flagged speech information request containing spoken text and commands, including spoken commands, from the system transaction manager to generate a transcription in response to the speech information request and to route the response comprised of transcribed spoken text and commands, including transcribed spoken commands to the post processing manager.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein the speech information request is received by the transaction manager through an applications portal, wherein the request is flagged for post processing.