And enters DSPs. These have the speed and power to do and are already been doing voice recognition. Many cell phones and new cars already do this. If you are trying to market a new concept, get in line. But if its just a project, then you can try using something like a VoiceDirect 364 module from Sensory. Then you can still develop the code for user interaction.
Is your goal to control equipment by voice or voice recognition? Dumping data into an EEPROM is trivial. How can this be your main problem?