19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the finite state machine further comprises a plurality of paths, each of the plurality of paths comprising a subset of the plurality of states associated with a different time segment, each of the plurality of paths further comprising an aggregate path likelihood that is based on the phoneme match likelihood of its constituent states.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the finite state machine further comprises a plurality of paths, each of the plurality of paths comprising a subset of the plurality of states associated with a different time segment, each of the plurality of paths further comprising an aggregate path likelihood that is based on the phoneme match likelihood of its constituent states. 21. The system of claim 19 , wherein the instructions that, when executed, perform steps comprising matching further comprises instructions that, when executed, perform steps comprising: identifying a subset of the paths having the highest aggregate path likelihoods; and using the identified subset of the paths to determine which of a subset of the positively identified occurrences of the at least one spoken word sound to match against time segments that have not yet been matched.