14. A spoken dialog system having a speech model for use by at least the automatic speech recognition module, the speech model generated by a method comprising: retrieving for an individual a list of numbers in a calling history; identifying a local neighborhood associated with each number in the calling history; truncating the local neighborhood associated with each number based on at least one parameter; retrieving a local communication network associated with each number in the calling history and each phone number associated with a local neighborhood; and creating a language model for the individual based on the retrieved local communication network.
14. A spoken dialog system having a speech model for use by at least the automatic speech recognition module, the speech model generated by a method comprising: retrieving for an individual a list of numbers in a calling history; identifying a local neighborhood associated with each number in the calling history; truncating the local neighborhood associated with each number based on at least one parameter; retrieving a local communication network associated with each number in the calling history and each phone number associated with a local neighborhood; and creating a language model for the individual based on the retrieved local communication network. 16. The spoken dialog system of claim 14 , wherein the speech model is generated by a method further comprising using the local neighborhood to create a punctuation dictionary and a language model.