diff --git a/ps-config/speechRecognition/speechRecognition.conf b/ps-config/speechRecognition/speechRecognition.conf
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+[main]
+startdb=43;
+uttdb=47;
+silence=400;
+timeout=8;
+openDeviceDirectly=yes;
+
+[pocketsphinxinstance]
+name=speechRecognition;
+hmm=../../../pocketsphinx/model/hmm/en_US/hub4wsj_sc_8k;
+dict=../../psGrammar/dictionary/tobiDic.dic;
+jsgf=../../psGrammar/skoester/speechRecognition.jsgf;
+rsbscope=/speechrec/psa/speechRecognition;
+bestpath=no;
+autoload=yes;
diff --git a/ps-grammar/speechRecognition/speechRecognition.jsgf b/ps-grammar/speechRecognition/speechRecognition.jsgf
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+#JSGF V1.0;
+grammar speechRecognition;
+
+public <statement> = (<blah> | <yes> | <no>);
+
+<blah> = blah;
+<yes> = yes;  
+<no> = no;