1. A system for performing an action in a mixed media environment having a first type of medium and a second type of medium, the system comprising: a capture device for capturing a first electronic representation of a document in the first type of medium, wherein the first type of medium is a physical printed medium; a media storage for a storing a plurality of mixed media documents, each mixed media document comprising: an action; a second electronic representation corresponding to the document in the physical printed medium; and an index linking the action to the second electronic representation; a recognition unit for identifying a mixed media document from the plurality of mixed media documents that has the second electronic representation that matches the first electronic representation; and an action processing unit coupled to the recognition unit to receive an action of the identified mixed media document, and adapted to perform the action of the identified mixed media document.