13. A server device, comprising: a processor; a computer-readable memory device including a document identification index and a document action map; and a network connection that receives from a network a sequence of characters optically or acoustically captured from a rendered document by a capture device and transmitted to the network connection via the network, wherein the processor identifies, from the document identification index, a document that that includes a sequence of characters that matches the captured sequence of characters, wherein the processor identifies, from the document identification index, a position, within the identified document, of the sequence of characters that matches the captured sequence of characters, and wherein the processor identifies, from the document action map, a word, phrase or symbol that is within the sequence of characters at the identified position within the identified document and that is associated with an action.
13. A server device, comprising: a processor; a computer-readable memory device including a document identification index and a document action map; and a network connection that receives from a network a sequence of characters optically or acoustically captured from a rendered document by a capture device and transmitted to the network connection via the network, wherein the processor identifies, from the document identification index, a document that that includes a sequence of characters that matches the captured sequence of characters, wherein the processor identifies, from the document identification index, a position, within the identified document, of the sequence of characters that matches the captured sequence of characters, and wherein the processor identifies, from the document action map, a word, phrase or symbol that is within the sequence of characters at the identified position within the identified document and that is associated with an action. 19. The server device of claim 13 , wherein the processor performs the action, and wherein performance of the action comprises the processor translating the identified word, phrase or symbol from a first spoken language to a second spoken language.