A method of providing speech recognition resolution on an application server in a communication network includes receiving an utterance from an end-user, for example, at a Voice Gateway in response to a prompt by an application prompt, capturing the utterance, and dispatching it via the application server to a speech recognition provider. The method further includes performing item-matching via a search algorithm, returning items matching the utterance to the application server, and returning relevant utterance matches to the application, for example, on the Voice Gateway, for communication to the user.