1. A voice messaging system for converting an audio voice message from a caller into text, the voice messaging system comprising: a plurality of conversion resources for converting the audio voice message into the text for an intended recipient, the plurality of conversion resources comprising: at least one automatic speech recognition (ASR) system to automatically recognize at least some of the audio voice message and generate a plurality of candidate word or phrase sequences; and a computer implemented boundary selection sub-system adapted to process the audio voice message to determine a type of at least one portion of the audio voice message as being a greeting portion, a message body portion and/or a tail portion of the audio voice message received from the caller and to select, based on a selected optimal conversion strategy, one or more different pieces of ASR for recognizing the at least one portion based on the type determined.
1. A voice messaging system for converting an audio voice message from a caller into text, the voice messaging system comprising: a plurality of conversion resources for converting the audio voice message into the text for an intended recipient, the plurality of conversion resources comprising: at least one automatic speech recognition (ASR) system to automatically recognize at least some of the audio voice message and generate a plurality of candidate word or phrase sequences; and a computer implemented boundary selection sub-system adapted to process the audio voice message to determine a type of at least one portion of the audio voice message as being a greeting portion, a message body portion and/or a tail portion of the audio voice message received from the caller and to select, based on a selected optimal conversion strategy, one or more different pieces of ASR for recognizing the at least one portion based on the type determined. 9. The system of claim 1 in which the audio voice message is intended for a mobile telephone and the audio voice message is converted to text and sent to the mobile telephone.