1. A method for improving speech recognition by a speech recognition system, comprising: receiving, from each of a plurality of microphones of a device, a microphone output signal, at least one of the microphone signals comprising a voice sample; authenticating, by a voice biometrics engine of the device, a speaker based on the voice sample comprising: providing to the voice biometrics engine, the received microphone output signals, and determining, by the voice biometrics engine, a voice model matching the voice sample, the voice model corresponding to an authenticated speaker, the voice model being one of a plurality of stored voice models; providing, by the voice biometrics engine to the directional sound capturing system, an indication of a microphone associated with the matching voice sample; providing, to a directional sound capturing system of the device, the received microphone output signals; identifying an area from which the microphone output signal comprising the matching voice sample is received; filtering, by the directional sound capturing system, subsequent received subsequent microphone output signals based on the identified area, the subsequent microphone output signals comprising subsequent voice samples; providing at least one filtered subsequent microphone output signals to the speech recognition system for processing; and at predefined intervals, performing the authenticating, by the voice biometrics engine, the authenticated speaker based on at least one filtered subsequent microphone output signal.
1. A method for improving speech recognition by a speech recognition system, comprising: receiving, from each of a plurality of microphones of a device, a microphone output signal, at least one of the microphone signals comprising a voice sample; authenticating, by a voice biometrics engine of the device, a speaker based on the voice sample comprising: providing to the voice biometrics engine, the received microphone output signals, and determining, by the voice biometrics engine, a voice model matching the voice sample, the voice model corresponding to an authenticated speaker, the voice model being one of a plurality of stored voice models; providing, by the voice biometrics engine to the directional sound capturing system, an indication of a microphone associated with the matching voice sample; providing, to a directional sound capturing system of the device, the received microphone output signals; identifying an area from which the microphone output signal comprising the matching voice sample is received; filtering, by the directional sound capturing system, subsequent received subsequent microphone output signals based on the identified area, the subsequent microphone output signals comprising subsequent voice samples; providing at least one filtered subsequent microphone output signals to the speech recognition system for processing; and at predefined intervals, performing the authenticating, by the voice biometrics engine, the authenticated speaker based on at least one filtered subsequent microphone output signal. 3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said receiving the microphone output signal comprises receiving the microphone output signal from a first area proximate the plurality of microphones, and wherein said method comprises receiving second microphone output signals from a second area proximate the plurality of microphones, the second area being different from the first area, at least one of the second microphone signals comprising a second voice sample, and wherein said identifying the area comprises determining whether the second voice sample from the second area matches at least one of the plurality of stored voice models.