10. A speech analyzer for recognizing a series of spoken words as one of a set of predetermined sequences of prescribed words comprising means for storing a set of first signals each including an initial state code, a terminal state code and a prescribed word code linking said initial and terminal state codes to define the set of predetermined sequences of prescribed words; each predetermined sequence corresponding to a selected plurality of state linked first signals beginning in a common starting state and ending in a final state; means for generating a signal identifying the word positions of said series; means for storing a set of signals representative of the final states of said predetermined sequences as addressed by said identified word positions; means for generating a set of second signals representative of the correspondence between each identified position word and said prescribed words; means responsive to said word position identifying signal for assigning a time interval to each identified word position; means operative in each word position time interval jointly responsive to the set of first signals and said word position second signals for forming a third signal representative of the cumulative correspondence of each sequence in said word position; means operative upon termination of the last word position time interval responsive to the stored last word position final state signals for selecting the predetermined sequences in their final states in said last word position; and means responsive to the third signals of the selected sequences for identifying the selected sequence having the closest cumulative correspondence to said spoken word series.
10. A speech analyzer for recognizing a series of spoken words as one of a set of predetermined sequences of prescribed words comprising means for storing a set of first signals each including an initial state code, a terminal state code and a prescribed word code linking said initial and terminal state codes to define the set of predetermined sequences of prescribed words; each predetermined sequence corresponding to a selected plurality of state linked first signals beginning in a common starting state and ending in a final state; means for generating a signal identifying the word positions of said series; means for storing a set of signals representative of the final states of said predetermined sequences as addressed by said identified word positions; means for generating a set of second signals representative of the correspondence between each identified position word and said prescribed words; means responsive to said word position identifying signal for assigning a time interval to each identified word position; means operative in each word position time interval jointly responsive to the set of first signals and said word position second signals for forming a third signal representative of the cumulative correspondence of each sequence in said word position; means operative upon termination of the last word position time interval responsive to the stored last word position final state signals for selecting the predetermined sequences in their final states in said last word position; and means responsive to the third signals of the selected sequences for identifying the selected sequence having the closest cumulative correspondence to said spoken word series. 11. A speech analyzer for recognizing a series of spoken words as one of a set of predetermined sequences of prescribed words according to claim 10 wherein said cumulative correspondence signal forming means comprises first register means addressed by said first signal initial states for storing the third signals of said sequences at the beginning of each word position time interval; second register means addressed by the first signal terminal states for storing the third signals of said sequences at the end of each word position interval, said starting state position of said first register means being initially set to a first code, all other state positions of said first and second register means being initially set to a selected largest number code, means operative in each word position interval responsive to each first signal for selecting the word position second signal associated with said first signal prescribed word; means for adding said selected word position second signal to the signal in the position of said first register means addressed by said first signal initial state; means for comparing the signal from said adding means to the signal in said second register means addressed by said first signal terminal state; means responsive to said signal from said adding means being less than the signal from said second register means for inserting said adding means signal into the position of said second register means addressed by the first signal terminal state as the word position third signal of the sequence ending in said first signal terminal state, means addressed by said first signal terminal state for storing the first signal initial state and prescribed word, and means for transferring the word position third signals in said second register means at the end of said word position time interval to said first register means and for setting each second register means position to said selected largest number code upon termination of said transfer.