Abstract: An audio switch for theatre environments comprising a plurality of analog audio inputs such as 5.1 or 6.1 multi-channel analog audio inputs. An audio output is provided as well as means for selectively coupling any one of the audio inputs to the audio output. The audio switch includes a control interface configured to couple to an external control system.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are disclosed for providing dynamic billing in a speech recognition framework in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. An utterance from a user is received via a speech recognition portal. The utterance is representative of a request for a service. The request for the service associated with the utterance is recognized utilizing a speech recognition process. Subsequently, an event for executing the requested service is issued utilizing a tag associated with an extensible markup language. The requested service is executed utilizing the tag. The tag is also utilized to generate a bill for the execution of the requested service.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for alarm management in a speech recognition system are disclosed. In response to a received utterance, a network is accessed utilizing an extensible markup language. An alarm is then subsequently triggered utilizing a tag associated with the extensible markup language.