2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: (i) determining whether gap occurs between the beginning of each hypothesized sentence and the beginning of the first hypothesized word therein; (j) assigning an error value to any gap determined in step (i); (k) determining whether gap occurs between the end of each hypothesized sentence and the end of the last hypothesized word therein; (l) assigning an error value to any gap determined in step (k); and (m) including the errors assigned in steps (j) and (l) with the summation of step (g).
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: (i) determining whether gap occurs between the beginning of each hypothesized sentence and the beginning of the first hypothesized word therein; (j) assigning an error value to any gap determined in step (i); (k) determining whether gap occurs between the end of each hypothesized sentence and the end of the last hypothesized word therein; (l) assigning an error value to any gap determined in step (k); and (m) including the errors assigned in steps (j) and (l) with the summation of step (g). 5. The method of claim 2, wherein gap errors are assigned in steps (j) and (l) only to those gaps which correspond to speech which did not generate a hypothesized word.