9. A method of communicating between an automatic speech recognition (ASR) enabled telecommunications system and a DTMF-controlled communications system, comprising: (a) establishing communication between the ASR-enabled telecommunications system and the DTMF-controlled communications system; (b) detecting a presence of speech energy at the ASR-enabled telecommunications system from the DTMF-controlled communications system; (c) detecting an absence of the speech energy at the ASR-enabled telecommunications system from the DTMF-controlled communications system; and (d) transmitting at least one DTMF signal from the ASR-enabled telecommunications system to the DTMF-controlled telecommunications system in response to the detected absence of speech energy.
9. A method of communicating between an automatic speech recognition (ASR) enabled telecommunications system and a DTMF-controlled communications system, comprising: (a) establishing communication between the ASR-enabled telecommunications system and the DTMF-controlled communications system; (b) detecting a presence of speech energy at the ASR-enabled telecommunications system from the DTMF-controlled communications system; (c) detecting an absence of the speech energy at the ASR-enabled telecommunications system from the DTMF-controlled communications system; and (d) transmitting at least one DTMF signal from the ASR-enabled telecommunications system to the DTMF-controlled telecommunications system in response to the detected absence of speech energy. 17. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining whether a phone call is in progress.