27. A multi-recipient communications system for facilitating speech-enabled work among a plurality of users comprising: a server configured to transmit a message to multiple users; a plurality of terminal devices associated with the users and configured for use with speech recognition applications, each terminal device configured to receive the message; a wireless network configured to provide bi-directional communication between the server and the plurality of user terminal devices for the user to execute at least one application; and each of the terminal devices further configured to output the message as audio output to the respective user, receive a respective verbal confirmation spoken by the user that the audio output was at least one of accessed or understood, and transmit, to the server, a respective indication that reflects that the spoken verbal confirmation was received from the user.
27. A multi-recipient communications system for facilitating speech-enabled work among a plurality of users comprising: a server configured to transmit a message to multiple users; a plurality of terminal devices associated with the users and configured for use with speech recognition applications, each terminal device configured to receive the message; a wireless network configured to provide bi-directional communication between the server and the plurality of user terminal devices for the user to execute at least one application; and each of the terminal devices further configured to output the message as audio output to the respective user, receive a respective verbal confirmation spoken by the user that the audio output was at least one of accessed or understood, and transmit, to the server, a respective indication that reflects that the spoken verbal confirmation was received from the user. 30. The system of claim 27 , wherein each of the terminal devices is further configured to transmit a respective acknowledgement message indicating that the message was successfully received by the terminal device.