An electronic device includes an audio input module, a memory storing a speech recognition application, a first application, and a second application, a communication circuit communicating with a first NLU server associated with the first application and a second NLU server associated with the second application, and a processor electrically connected to the audio input module, the memory, and the communication circuit and executing the speech recognition application. The processor is configured to convert an utterance of a user received through the audio input module, into an audio signal, to transmit text data corresponding to the audio signal to the first NLU server and the second NLU server, to receive a first control message as a result of analyzing the text data, from the first NLU server, to receive a second control message as a result of analyzing the text data, from the second NLU server, to select one of the first control message or the second control message depending on a specified condition, to provide the first control message to the first application, when the first control message is selected, and to provide the second control message to the second application, when the second control message is selected.