Computers Don't Get Names

I am a junior at Guilderland High School participating in the E=mc2 program. I have decided to look into why computers fail to recognize spoken names. I have also made it my goal to develop my own speech recognition program which is capable of identifying spoken names. I do have some experience in computer programming, but speech recognition is an entirely new field for me to explore. Over the duration of this course, I want to conduct research and expand my knowledge on this issue. I hope to be able to put this information to use and develop my own program that addresses and maybe even solves this problem.