1. A speech recognition system for an automotive vehicle comprising: a microphone receiver for receiving a voice audio signal and converting the same to an analog signal; a microphone aimer for giving said microphone receiver a locational bias for reception; an analog to digital converter for converting said analog signal to a digital signal; a speech recognizer for recognizing a voice from said digital signal received from said analog to digital converter; an occupant restraint system having an occupant informational system to control deployment of said occupant restraint system resultant upon an occupant condition; an occupant restraint system signal generator for signaling said occupant condition to said microphone aimer to locationally bias said reception of said microphone receiver.