Abstract: A contextual answering system for processing a user spoken utterance and providing a response to the user spoken utterance may include a vehicle head unit configured to receive microphone signals indicative of a user utterance; and a processor programed to receive data indicative of a vehicle state, receive the user spoken utterance, perform semantic analysis on the user spoken utterance based at least in part on a context of the user spoken utterance and vehicle state, select a knowledge base as a source for information regarding the user spoken utterance based on the semantic analysis; and provide a response to the user spoken utterance from the selected knowledge base to the vehicle head unit.

Abstract: In an embodiment, speech may be acquired from a user. A concept, that may be associated with the user, may be identified from the acquired speech. The concept may be identified by fuzzy matching one or more words in the acquired speech with data contained in a data store. The data store may be associated with the user. An action may be performed based on the identified concept.