18. A computerized method of performing word recognition comprising: receiving a word input signal containing non-textual user input representing a sequence of one or more words; performing word recognition upon the input signal to produce a choice list of best scoring recognition candidates, each comprised of a sequence of one or more words, found by the recognizer to have the best probability of corresponding to the input signal; producing a visual display representing a choice list of the best scoring recognition candidates, with the candidates being ordered in said choice list according to a character ordering of the sequence of characters corresponding to the one or more words associated with each candidate in the list; providing a user interface which enables a user to select one of the character-ordered recognition candidates from the choice list; and responding to user selection of one of the recognition candidates from the choice list by treating the selected candidate as the one or more words that correspond to the word input signal; wherein: the input signal represents the speaking of one or more word for a number that can be represented by a sequence of one or more digits; said word recognition is speech recognition; the choice list display each recognition candidate as a sequence of one or more digits; and the character ordering of the choice list orders recognition candidates based on a numerical ordering of their digit sequences.
18. A computerized method of performing word recognition comprising: receiving a word input signal containing non-textual user input representing a sequence of one or more words; performing word recognition upon the input signal to produce a choice list of best scoring recognition candidates, each comprised of a sequence of one or more words, found by the recognizer to have the best probability of corresponding to the input signal; producing a visual display representing a choice list of the best scoring recognition candidates, with the candidates being ordered in said choice list according to a character ordering of the sequence of characters corresponding to the one or more words associated with each candidate in the list; providing a user interface which enables a user to select one of the character-ordered recognition candidates from the choice list; and responding to user selection of one of the recognition candidates from the choice list by treating the selected candidate as the one or more words that correspond to the word input signal; wherein: the input signal represents the speaking of one or more word for a number that can be represented by a sequence of one or more digits; said word recognition is speech recognition; the choice list display each recognition candidate as a sequence of one or more digits; and the character ordering of the choice list orders recognition candidates based on a numerical ordering of their digit sequences. 19. A method as in claim 18 wherein: said input signal represents the speaking of a phone number; and said responding to a user selection of a recognition candidate causes the phone number displayed for the selected recognition candidate to be automatically dialed.