Abstract: A computer-implemented method can include: an audio input device of a portable electronic device receiving verbal speech input from a user and converting the received verbal speech input into an audio input signal; an online processing module of the portable electronic device performing at least one speech recognition operation on the audio input signal; an offline processing module of the portable electronic device performing at least one speech recognition operation on the audio input signal; an interactive game module of the portable electronic device generating user feedback based on results from the at least one speech recognition operation performed by the online processing module and the at least one speech recognition operation by the offline processing module; and a user interface of the portable electronic device providing the user feedback to the user.