7. The method set forth in claim 1 , wherein the method is carried out using a vehicle having an installed vehicle audio interface, and wherein the speech session includes receiving the spoken input via the vehicle audio interface and sending the speech response to the vehicle audio interface for audible presentation in the vehicle.
7. The method set forth in claim 1 , wherein the method is carried out using a vehicle having an installed vehicle audio interface, and wherein the speech session includes receiving the spoken input via the vehicle audio interface and sending the speech response to the vehicle audio interface for audible presentation in the vehicle. 8. The method set forth in claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises sending the spoken input to a remote automated speech recognition (ASR) system, receiving speech recognition results from the ASR system, determining a service request from the speech recognition results, sending the service request to the cloud service, and receiving the service response from the cloud service.