41. The device of claim 40 , wherein outputting the dialogue response includes synthesizing the heteronym in the dialogue response using a speech synthesizer, and wherein the dialogue response is synthesized based on the phonemic string.
40. An electronic device comprising: one or more processors; memory; one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving, from a user, a speech input containing a heteronym and one or more additional words; processing the speech input using an automatic speech recognition system to determine a phonemic string corresponding to the heteronym as pronounced by the user in the speech input; generating a dialogue response to the speech input, wherein the dialogue response includes the heteronym; and outputting the dialogue response as a speech output, wherein the heteronym in the dialogue response is pronounced in the speech output according to the phonemic string.