Abstract: A method for accessing data files with an in-vehicle control system from a remote source over a communication link. The communication link is established between an in-vehicle control system and the remote source. The method includes: establishing the communication link between the in-vehicle control system and the remote source to facilitate retrieving the data files from the remote source to the in-vehicle control system; retrieving at least one of the data files from the remote source over the communication link, wherein each of the data files may include text and numeric data; identifying the text and numeric data of each of the data files; generating a phonemic representation of the text and numeric data of the data files; and storing the data file retrieved from a remote source in a memory device.

Abstract: A speech recognition system (10) in a vehicle includes a microphone (16), a processing circuit (12) and a wireless transceiver (14). The microphone (16) is configured to receive a spoken command from a vehicle occupant. The processing circuit (12) is configured to determine if the speech recognition system (10) has an application configured to execute the spoken command. The processing circuit (12) is also configured to generate spoken command data based on the spoken command. The wireless transceiver circuit (14) is used to transmit the spoken command data to a remote system (28) and to receive response data from the remote system (28). The processing circuit (12) performs a function based on the response data.