Abstract: A system and method that includes detecting an activation of an input application control key of a peripheral device, the peripheral device having a single application control input key, to open a initial application, the initial application becoming an active application, providing an identifier of the open application, and detecting a speech prompt to activate at least one function related to the active application.

Abstract: A user interface provides for contextual navigation in locating desired content based on similarity/dissimilarity criteria. Each item that is identified in a device is provided with at least one multi-dimensional descriptor. A content of each item can be stored remotely from the device. A search criteria is selected that relates to the descriptor and a selected active item. A search is conducted to identify all other items identified in the device that have a relationship with the search criteria. The results are presented to the user and can be ranked according to a selected relationship order.