1. In a speech recognition system of the type including recognition means responsive to a voice input and a conditioning input for recognizing said voice input to produce a recognition output representative of a result of recognition, said voice input including at least one brief pause interval and an end interval, said end interval defining the end of said voice input, wherein the improvement comprises beginning detection means responsive to said voice input for producing a start pulse representative of the beginning of said voice input, end detection means responsive to said voice input for producing a pause interval detection signal representative of at least one of said pause interval and said end interval and an end detection signal representative of said end interval, means for supplying said start pulse and said pause interval detection signal to said recognition means as said conditioning input, display means responsive to said pause interval detection signal and said recognition output for displaying said results of recognition, and output means responsive to said end detection signal for supplying said recognition output to a utilization device.