Hello Everyone, Vestec ASR engine now supports speech recognition in Chinese Mandarin. (We also support American English, Australian English, and Indian English). A starter kit is available for $25: http://www.vestec.com/products Please note that Vestec offers the best deal around for enabling sophisticated speech recognition with command-and-control type IVR applications by offering a high accuracy, standards based speech engine at a fraction of the cost of conventional ASR vendors. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Regards, -Kashif