6. A method of changing vehicle features of an existing automatic speech recognition (ASR) system installed in a vehicle that includes a processor, wherein the existing ASR system is configured to provide select vehicle features that are initiated by vocalized commands from a vehicle occupant, the method, comprising the steps of: (a) applying a secondary speech recognition module to the existing ASR system, wherein the secondary speech recognition module is configured to monitor speech received from the vehicle occupant via a microphone to identify one or more keywords that relate to a vehicle feature that is not one of the select vehicle features configured by the existing ASR system; (b) detecting the one or more keywords in the monitored speech using the secondary speech recognition module executed by the processor; (c) adding the vehicle feature to the existing ASR system based on step (b) so that the ASR system provides a defined number of vehicle features that conform to or match the vehicle features available at the vehicle; and (d) generating a speech recognition output at the secondary speech recognition module that corresponds to the added vehicle feature, wherein adding the vehicle feature modifies the configuration of the existing ASR system.
6. A method of changing vehicle features of an existing automatic speech recognition (ASR) system installed in a vehicle that includes a processor, wherein the existing ASR system is configured to provide select vehicle features that are initiated by vocalized commands from a vehicle occupant, the method, comprising the steps of: (a) applying a secondary speech recognition module to the existing ASR system, wherein the secondary speech recognition module is configured to monitor speech received from the vehicle occupant via a microphone to identify one or more keywords that relate to a vehicle feature that is not one of the select vehicle features configured by the existing ASR system; (b) detecting the one or more keywords in the monitored speech using the secondary speech recognition module executed by the processor; (c) adding the vehicle feature to the existing ASR system based on step (b) so that the ASR system provides a defined number of vehicle features that conform to or match the vehicle features available at the vehicle; and (d) generating a speech recognition output at the secondary speech recognition module that corresponds to the added vehicle feature, wherein adding the vehicle feature modifies the configuration of the existing ASR system. 9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising the step of receiving the vehicle feature at a vehicle telematics unit via wireless communications.