I realize that background noise is a killer for voice recognition apps. Remember the awful press coverage that Vista got for its built-in voice recognition software? Anyway, fast forward to this year's Macworld Expo and the future doesn't look too promising for voice recognition. Taken from the interview posted here http://www.maclife.com/article/expo_first_look_macspeech_dictate, here's a screen shot of the fabulous voice recognition features of Dictate. Read the text in the pic and enjoy 
