SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE FEATURING VOICE RECOGNIZER ENGINES, VOICE COMPRESSION CODERS, AND A VOICE ACTIVATED AUTOMATED ATTENDANT FOR VOICE AND SPEECH PROCESSING AND VOICE ACTIVATED DIALING; DIRECTORY MANAGEMENT TOOLS, NAMELY, DIRECTORY MANAGER SOFTWARE THAT USES SPEECH RECOGNITION TO DETECT SPOKEN NAMES OF TELEPHONE DIRECTORY ENTRIES AND TO MODIFY AND DELETE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY ENTRIES; APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES, GRAPHICAL INTERFACES, VISUAL DEBUGGERS, PERSONAL VOICE DIALER SOFTWARE THAT ENABLES A USER TO DIAL A TELEPHONE BY TALKING TO IT AND WHICH CONTAINS PERFORMANCE EVALUATORS, NAMELY, SOFTWARE TO MONITOR THE LENGTH OF TIME WITHOUT A USER RESPONSE BEFORE REPEATING A PROMPT, TO MONITOR THE NUMBER OF TIMES A USER MAY MAKE AN ENTRY BEFORE DISCONNECTING THE USER, AND TO CONTROL CONFIRMATION OF A USER'S SPOKEN COMMANDS; ENGINEERING AND CONFIGURATION TOOLS, NAMELY, VOICE COMPRESSION CODERS, GENERATORS AND RINGERS, SERVICE LOGIC AND EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT, NAMELY, SOFTWARE THAT MANAGES THE OPERATION AND CUSTOMIZATION OF AUTOMATED TELEPHONE DIRECTORY FEATURES; DEVELOPER KITS COMPRISING AN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE AND AUDITORY SIGNAL DESIGN AND STATUS INDICATOR; AND SOFTWARE APPLICATION BUILDER TOOLS, NAMELY, COMPILERS FOR VOICE MESSAGING, MANAGING CALL CENTERS, AND PERFORMING AUTOMATED ATTENDANT AND INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, A CARRIER-GRADE FRAMEWORK, SOFTWARE START-UP SPLASH SCREENS, NAMELY VISUAL SCREENS WITH AUDIBLE EARCON ACCOMPANIMENT, AND AUDIBLE INTRODUCTIONS PREFACED, SUFFIXED, OR OVERLAID WITH AUDIBLE EARCONS; AND USER MANUALS SOLD THEREWITH