17. A computing device for performing large vocabulary speech recognition comprising: computer readable memory; one or more processors capable of executing program instructions read from said memory; a microphone or audio input for providing an electronic signal representing an utterance to be recognized; a speaker or audio output for enabling an electronic representation of sound produced in said device to be transduced into a corresponding sound; and programming recorded in the memory including instructions for: performing larger vocabulary speech recognition upon an electronic representation of utterances received from the microphone or audio input to produce a text output; responding to text navigation commands by moving a cursor backward and forward in the one or more words of said text output; and responding to each movement in response to one of said navigational commands by providing a TTS output to said speaker or audio output saying one or more words either starting or ending with the location of the cursor after each of said movements.
17. A computing device for performing large vocabulary speech recognition comprising: computer readable memory; one or more processors capable of executing program instructions read from said memory; a microphone or audio input for providing an electronic signal representing an utterance to be recognized; a speaker or audio output for enabling an electronic representation of sound produced in said device to be transduced into a corresponding sound; and programming recorded in the memory including instructions for: performing larger vocabulary speech recognition upon an electronic representation of utterances received from the microphone or audio input to produce a text output; responding to text navigation commands by moving a cursor backward and forward in the one or more words of said text output; and responding to each movement in response to one of said navigational commands by providing a TTS output to said speaker or audio output saying one or more words either starting or ending with the location of the cursor after each of said movements. 21. A computing device as in claim 17 wherein the device is a handheld device.