1. A method of facilitating text entry at an electronic communication device, the method comprising: receiving typed input at a text field from a keyboard of the electronic communication device; receiving audio input at the electronic communication device; performing text prediction using the typed input to obtain at least one text-predicted candidate word and an associated confidence value; performing speech recognition using the audio input to obtain at least one speech-recognized candidate word and an associated confidence value; selecting from the text-predicted and speech-recognized candidate words a candidate word having a highest associated confidence value, as a suggested candidate word; and entering the suggested candidate word into a text buffer of the electronic communication device.