A system and method for automatically collecting data for grammar creation includes one or more receiving devices, a collection module, a speech recognition engine, and a routing module. The receiving device receives a plurality of inbound inquiries from customers while the collection module queries the customers for an opening statement including a customer task. The speech recognition engine recognizes the speech of the customers in the opening statements and analyzes the one or more recognized words in the speech of the customer. The routing module identifies the customer task from the recognized speech of the opening statement, determines the correct routing destination for the inbound inquiry based on the analysis of the recognized words, and automatically routes the inbound inquiry to the correct routing destination. The system and method further includes a tuning module that creates and modifies grammars that enable more accurate speech recognition.