10. A teleconference system comprising: a plurality of client terminals for respective ones of a plurality of participants; and a server that is in communication with the plurality of client terminals, the server configured to: receive (i) a first utterance from one of the plurality of client terminals, the first utterance including a plurality of words, the plurality of words including an identifier of one of the plurality of participants and at least one additional word, and (ii) an initial background noise that is local to the one of the plurality of participants; recognize the plurality of words; parse the identifier from the at least one additional word; associate (i) the identifier to a voiceprint of the one of the plurality of participants, the voiceprint including a set of vocal characteristics that can be used to identify speech as originating from the one of the plurality of participants, and (ii) the initial background noise to the identifier and the voiceprint; receive a second utterance and a second background noise from the one of the plurality of participants; compare (i) the second utterance to the voiceprint, and (ii) the second background noise to the initial background noise in order to confirm that the one of the plurality of participants uttered the second utterance; determine, based on the comparing, that the identifier is associated with the second utterance; and provide the identifier to at least another client terminal in response to determining that the identifier is associated with the second utterance.
10. A teleconference system comprising: a plurality of client terminals for respective ones of a plurality of participants; and a server that is in communication with the plurality of client terminals, the server configured to: receive (i) a first utterance from one of the plurality of client terminals, the first utterance including a plurality of words, the plurality of words including an identifier of one of the plurality of participants and at least one additional word, and (ii) an initial background noise that is local to the one of the plurality of participants; recognize the plurality of words; parse the identifier from the at least one additional word; associate (i) the identifier to a voiceprint of the one of the plurality of participants, the voiceprint including a set of vocal characteristics that can be used to identify speech as originating from the one of the plurality of participants, and (ii) the initial background noise to the identifier and the voiceprint; receive a second utterance and a second background noise from the one of the plurality of participants; compare (i) the second utterance to the voiceprint, and (ii) the second background noise to the initial background noise in order to confirm that the one of the plurality of participants uttered the second utterance; determine, based on the comparing, that the identifier is associated with the second utterance; and provide the identifier to at least another client terminal in response to determining that the identifier is associated with the second utterance. 13. The teleconference system of claim 10 , wherein the server is further configured to obtain the voiceprint from a third utterance when the first utterance is uttered by another participant other than the one of the plurality of participants.