1. A method for processing a voice message, comprising: storing one or more voice representations, wherein each voice representation corresponds to a word or phrase and is associated with a value; storing one or more actions; receiving a voice message; receiving a one of: a user-specified word and a user-specified phrase from a user, the received user-specified word or phrase corresponding to a word or phrase having a corresponding stored voice representation; analyzing the voice message to determine if one or more of the stored voice representations corresponding to the received user-specified word or phrase occur in the voice message and to generate a final criteria measurement value associated with the voice message, the final criteria measurement value based on the value associated with each determined stored voice representation occurring in the voice message; and performing one or more of the stored actions based on the final criteria measurement value if one or more of the stored voice representations are found to occur in the voice message.
1. A method for processing a voice message, comprising: storing one or more voice representations, wherein each voice representation corresponds to a word or phrase and is associated with a value; storing one or more actions; receiving a voice message; receiving a one of: a user-specified word and a user-specified phrase from a user, the received user-specified word or phrase corresponding to a word or phrase having a corresponding stored voice representation; analyzing the voice message to determine if one or more of the stored voice representations corresponding to the received user-specified word or phrase occur in the voice message and to generate a final criteria measurement value associated with the voice message, the final criteria measurement value based on the value associated with each determined stored voice representation occurring in the voice message; and performing one or more of the stored actions based on the final criteria measurement value if one or more of the stored voice representations are found to occur in the voice message. 8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the voice message is received over a telephone line.