So I continued my search and veered into iOS integrations which I should have mentioned was my initial intention. This may interest some, http://www.politepix

So I continued my search and veered into iOS integrations which I should have mentioned was my initial intention. This may interest some, http://www.politepix.com/openears/ http://www.politepix.com/openears/ (free + does not need network) http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/ http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/ I think that no-network piece is vital since alot of the solutions require a ping to the server because of sheer vocabulary limitation. Hope that helps!