10. The system for creating a compressed data representation of a human speech utterance according to claim 9, further including means for determining a duration of each detected occurrence of a period of silence.
10. The system for creating a compressed data representation of a human speech utterance according to claim 9, further including means for determining a duration of each detected occurrence of a period of silence. 11. The system for creating a compressed data representation of a human speech utterance according to claim 10, wherein said means for creating a compressed data representation of said human speech utterance further includes means for including an encoded representation of said duration of each detected occurrence of a period of silence.