8. A method as defined in claim 7, wherein the step of determining the telephone number desired by the caller further comprises recognizing the name selected as the best candidate name as corresponding to the stored representation of the speech signal only if the calculated measures of probability meet predefined acceptance criteria.
8. A method as defined in claim 7, wherein the step of determining the telephone number desired by the caller further comprises recognizing the name selected as the best candidate name as corresponding to the stored representation of the speech signal only if the calculated measures of probability meet predefined acceptance criteria. 9. A method as defined in claim 8, wherein the step of determining the telephone number desired by the caller comprises using the recognized name as a parameter in a database search for the desired telephone number.