5. The non-transitory medium as in claim 1 , wherein the user's set of one or more databases comprises a contacts database with names of people and telephone numbers, wherein the change comprises a change in the contacts database, wherein the phonetic dictionary is for natural language speech recognition, and wherein the speech input is for calling a telephone number or sending a text message to another device.
5. The non-transitory medium as in claim 1 , wherein the user's set of one or more databases comprises a contacts database with names of people and telephone numbers, wherein the change comprises a change in the contacts database, wherein the phonetic dictionary is for natural language speech recognition, and wherein the speech input is for calling a telephone number or sending a text message to another device. 6. The non-transitory medium as in claim 5 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium further comprises instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to: obtain the change in the contacts database in response to the change being made; and process, using the set of one or more pronunciation guessers, the change in the contacts database to update the extended phonetic dictionary based on the change in the contacts database.