16. The system of claim 14 , further comprising a media interface configured to interact with the network and provide an audible communication exchange with another user on the network.
14. A system for interacting audibly with a user to provide the user access to information on a network, comprising: a speech recognition engine configured to receive verbal commands from a user regarding an expected event; a search engine configured to identify a first service having information selected by the user for detecting an occurrence of the expected event and a second service with content associated with the user and the expected event, the search engine further configured to retrieve the information and content in a first format as determined by a verbal selection made by the user; a speech processor configured to translate the verbal commands into an alert trigger regarding the expected event and a rule set that determines audible notifications to be sent to the user and to periodically monitor a network to detect an occurrence of the expected event in response a change in the information selected by the user, the speech processor being responsive to the verbal selection; and a speech synthesizer coupled to the speech processor to determine an audible announcement defined by the rule set to send to the user notifying when the occurrence of the expected event in response a change in the information selected by the user and about an offering from the second service is detected, the speech synthesizer being further configured to convert the information and the content in the first format to a second format; further comprising a content management system configured to organize the information retrieved from the first service and the second service; a storage medium configured to locally store the information according to a data structure; and a user profile engine configured to generate data about the user and store the data in the storage medium.