For the integration of a speech recognition system into an application the application designer needs experience in two different areas: detailed knowledge of the application process and undesirably also detailed knowledge of the underlying speech recognition system.
This paper describes the architecture of the SpeechMaster development system which is based on a configurable application interface for a connected-word recognition system. This system aims on making the development and integration process more transparent and opens speech recognition technology to a large number of application areas.