2. The method of claim 1 : the device comprising at least one input component associated with an input domain, and the instructions configured to receive the query through at least one input component.
7. The method of claim 2 : at least one input component of the device comprising an audio input component; the query comprising an audio query received through an audio input component; at least one search engine comprising a textual search engine configured to handle textual queries; and the instructions configured to, after receiving the query through the audio input component and before executing the query on the textual search engine, transitioning the audio query to a textual query.