Abstract: A system for facilitating access to audiovisual content in which a content obtaining unit is configured to obtain a content source (e.g., a computer-readable file containing audiovisual content of a conference, lecture, or entertainment program); a descriptor obtaining unit is configured to obtain one or more descriptors (e.g., topic and speaker taxonomies and attributes associated with the content); a conversion unit configured to convert content of the content source from a format less efficient for categorization (e.g., video with audio) to a format more efficient for categorization (e.g., a textual transcription of the audio and/or a textual description of the video); a categorization unit configured to categorize the converted content into at least two categories based on the one or more descriptors (e.g., into one or more topics, and/or one or more speakers); and a presentation unit configured to present a category selection interface (e.g.