SPEECH RECOGNITION DEVICE AND METHOD

In a speech recognition device (1) for recognizing text information (TI) corresponding to speech information (SI), wherein speech information (SI) can be characterized in respect of language properties, there are firstly provided at least two language-property recognition means (20, 21, 22, 23), each of the language-property recognition means (20, 21, 22, 23) being arranged, by using the speech information (SI), to recognize a language property assigned to said means and to generate property information (ASI, LI, SGI, CI) representing the language property that is recognized, and secondly there are provided speech recognition means (24) that, while continuously taking into account the at least two items of property information (ASI, LI, SGI, CI), are arranged to recognize the text information (TI) corresponding to the speech information (SI).