24. The system of claim 19 wherein at least one command in the speech information request directs the speech recognition and/or transcription engine to load a specific vocabulary.
19. A system for facilitating the exchange of streamed speech recognition and transcription among users, the system comprising: (a) at least one system transaction manager using a uniform system protocol, including at least one post processing manager, wherein transaction manager is i) adapted to receive a streamed 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 requested response to a 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 requested response comprises 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 speech, including spoken commands in accordance with the speech information request, and, iii) rout the requested response to a post processing application, if designated in the speech information request; (b) at least one application service adapter configured to provide bi-directional communication 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 streamed 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 transcribed spoken commands to the post processing manager.