24. The computerized information and display apparatus of claim 19 , further comprising speech synthesis apparatus in data communication with the processing apparatus; and wherein the computerized information and display system is further configured to generate a plurality of interactive hyperlinks displayed on the touch screen input and display device, the plurality of hyperlinks configured to each, when selected by the user, access a universal resource locator (URL) associated with an internet web server, and obtain information from the web server via the wireless network interface for display on the display device.
25. The computerized information and display apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the performance of the desired action includes identification a plurality of approximate but non-exact matches for a user query that is at least part of the speech received from the user.