摘要 |
A user terminal (2), for use in a speech recognition system, the user terminal (2) comprising a client application, wherein, in use, the client application is connected to a server application (54) over a network (52), the server application performing speech recognition processing, communication between the client application and the server application depending on communication settings, wherein the user terminal (2) comprises a voice activity detector, the voice activity detector generating information that indicates which of a plurality of states (T1,S,T2) is represented by user utterance data; and the user terminal (2) is adapted to choose the communication settings, at any or all stages of the communication link between the client application and the server application, in dependence on the indicated state of the utterance data, the available communication settings comprising at least high quality transmission (H3) and low quality transmission (L1). |