diff --git a/api/current.xml b/api/current.xml
index 31b135301bb8b..e17bce5402c38 100644
--- a/api/current.xml
+++ b/api/current.xml
@@ -180231,6 +180231,17 @@
  visibility="public"
 >
 </field>
+<field name="EXTRA_CONFIDENCE_SCORES"
+ type="java.lang.String"
+ transient="false"
+ volatile="false"
+ value="&quot;android.speech.extra.CONFIDENCE_SCORES&quot;"
+ static="true"
+ final="true"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+</field>
 <field name="EXTRA_LANGUAGE"
  type="java.lang.String"
  transient="false"
@@ -180668,6 +180679,17 @@
  visibility="public"
 >
 </method>
+<field name="CONFIDENCE_SCORES"
+ type="java.lang.String"
+ transient="false"
+ volatile="false"
+ value="&quot;confidence_scores&quot;"
+ static="true"
+ final="true"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+</field>
 <field name="ERROR_AUDIO"
  type="int"
  transient="false"
diff --git a/core/java/android/speech/RecognitionListener.java b/core/java/android/speech/RecognitionListener.java
index 5eb71d7eb9396..bdb3ba9bbc502 100644
--- a/core/java/android/speech/RecognitionListener.java
+++ b/core/java/android/speech/RecognitionListener.java
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ public interface RecognitionListener {
      * 
      * @param results the recognition results. To retrieve the results in {@code
      *        ArrayList&lt;String&gt;} format use {@link Bundle#getStringArrayList(String)} with
-     *        {@link SpeechRecognizer#RESULTS_RECOGNITION} as a parameter
+     *        {@link SpeechRecognizer#RESULTS_RECOGNITION} as a parameter. A float array of
+     *        confidence values might also be given in {@link SpeechRecognizer#CONFIDENCE_SCORES}.
      */
     void onResults(Bundle results);
 
diff --git a/core/java/android/speech/RecognizerIntent.java b/core/java/android/speech/RecognizerIntent.java
index 02c324c791fbe..3d25651af851d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/speech/RecognizerIntent.java
+++ b/core/java/android/speech/RecognizerIntent.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class RecognizerIntent {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Starts an activity that will prompt the user for speech and sends it through a
+     * Starts an activity that will prompt the user for speech and send it through a
      * speech recognizer.  The results will be returned via activity results (in
      * {@link Activity#onActivityResult}, if you start the intent using
      * {@link Activity#startActivityForResult(Intent, int)}), or forwarded via a PendingIntent
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ public class RecognizerIntent {
     public static final String ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH = "android.speech.action.RECOGNIZE_SPEECH";
 
     /**
-     * Starts an activity that will prompt the user for speech, sends it through a
-     * speech recognizer, and invokes and either displays a web search result or triggers
+     * Starts an activity that will prompt the user for speech, send it through a
+     * speech recognizer, and either display a web search result or trigger
      * another type of action based on the user's speech.
      *
      * <p>If you want to avoid triggering any type of action besides web search, you can use
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ public class RecognizerIntent {
      * <p> Result extras (returned in the result, not to be specified in the request):
      * <ul>
      *   <li>{@link #EXTRA_RESULTS}
+     *   <li>{@link #EXTRA_CONFIDENCE_SCORES} (optional)
      * </ul>
      * 
      * <p>NOTE: There may not be any applications installed to handle this action, so you should
@@ -232,12 +233,30 @@ public class RecognizerIntent {
 
     /**
      * An ArrayList&lt;String&gt; of the recognition results when performing
-     * {@link #ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH}. Returned in the results; not to be specified in the
-     * recognition request. Only present when {@link Activity#RESULT_OK} is returned in
-     * an activity result. In a PendingIntent, the lack of this extra indicates failure.
+     * {@link #ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH}. Generally this list should be ordered in
+     * descending order of speech recognizer confidence. (See {@link #EXTRA_CONFIDENCE_SCORES}).
+     * Returned in the results; not to be specified in the recognition request. Only present
+     * when {@link Activity#RESULT_OK} is returned in an activity result. In a PendingIntent,
+     * the lack of this extra indicates failure.
      */
     public static final String EXTRA_RESULTS = "android.speech.extra.RESULTS";
     
+    /**
+     * A float array of confidence scores of the recognition results when performing
+     * {@link #ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH}. The array should be the same size as the ArrayList
+     * returned in {@link #EXTRA_RESULTS}, and should contain values ranging from 0.0 to 1.0,
+     * or -1 to represent an unavailable confidence score.
+     * <p>
+     * Confidence values close to 1.0 indicate high confidence (the speech recognizer is
+     * confident that the recognition result is correct), while values close to 0.0 indicate
+     * low confidence.
+     * <p>
+     * Returned in the results; not to be specified in the recognition request. This extra is
+     * optional and might not be provided. Only present when {@link Activity#RESULT_OK} is
+     * returned in an activity result.
+     */
+    public static final String EXTRA_CONFIDENCE_SCORES = "android.speech.extra.CONFIDENCE_SCORES";
+    
     /**
      * Returns the broadcast intent to fire with
      * {@link Context#sendOrderedBroadcast(Intent, String, BroadcastReceiver, android.os.Handler, int, String, Bundle)}
diff --git a/core/java/android/speech/SpeechRecognizer.java b/core/java/android/speech/SpeechRecognizer.java
index cd73ba8506318..8fee41d1bcb7f 100644
--- a/core/java/android/speech/SpeechRecognizer.java
+++ b/core/java/android/speech/SpeechRecognizer.java
@@ -50,12 +50,26 @@ public class SpeechRecognizer {
     private static final String TAG = "SpeechRecognizer";
 
     /**
-     * Used to retrieve an {@code ArrayList<String>} from the {@link Bundle} passed to the
+     * Key used to retrieve an {@code ArrayList<String>} from the {@link Bundle} passed to the
      * {@link RecognitionListener#onResults(Bundle)} and
      * {@link RecognitionListener#onPartialResults(Bundle)} methods. These strings are the possible
      * recognition results, where the first element is the most likely candidate.
      */
     public static final String RESULTS_RECOGNITION = "results_recognition";
+    
+    /**
+     * Key used to retrieve a float array from the {@link Bundle} passed to the
+     * {@link RecognitionListener#onResults(Bundle)} and
+     * {@link RecognitionListener#onPartialResults(Bundle)} methods. The array should be
+     * the same size as the ArrayList provided in {@link #RESULTS_RECOGNITION}, and should contain
+     * values ranging from 0.0 to 1.0, or -1 to represent an unavailable confidence score.
+     * <p>
+     * Confidence values close to 1.0 indicate high confidence (the speech recognizer is confident
+     * that the recognition result is correct), while values close to 0.0 indicate low confidence.
+     * <p>
+     * This value is optional and might not be provided.
+     */
+    public static final String CONFIDENCE_SCORES = "confidence_scores";
 
     /** Network operation timed out. */
     public static final int ERROR_NETWORK_TIMEOUT = 1;