3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said step of extracting acoustic information includes extracting pitch information from said speech signals, and wherein said step of compressing said acoustic information includes compressing said pitch information to obtain compressed pitch data, and decompressing said compressed acoustic information further comprises decompressing said compressed pitch data to obtain decompressed pitch data, and wherein said step of reconstructing said speech signals is performed using said decompressed pitch data and said decompressed recognition features.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said step of extracting acoustic information includes extracting pitch information from said speech signals, and wherein said step of compressing said acoustic information includes compressing said pitch information to obtain compressed pitch data, and decompressing said compressed acoustic information further comprises decompressing said compressed pitch data to obtain decompressed pitch data, and wherein said step of reconstructing said speech signals is performed using said decompressed pitch data and said decompressed recognition features. 4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising the steps of: combining said compressed acoustic information and said compressed pitch data into a common output stream; and storing said output stream in a data repository, wherein said step of transmitting comprises reading said output stream from said data repository.