1. An apparatus comprising: a speech recognition engine configured to utilize portable voice profiles in recognizing speech from various speakers, wherein each portable voice profile is associated with and customized to a particular speaker, and enhances the accuracy with which the speech recognition engine converts the particular speaker's speech to text; a local group manager to facilitate establishing a local user of the apparatus as a member of a group; and a local voice profile manager to facilitate an exchange of a portable voice profile associated with the local user with another user that is a member of the group.