2. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said predicting uses data available to an application other than the speech recognizer.
2. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said predicting uses data available to an application other than the speech recognizer. 13. A method as recited in claim 2 , wherein said augmenting includes adding at least one native pronunciation of the proper noun to a dictionary used by the speech recognizer.