1. A method comprising: receiving, at a server device, a sequence of characters optically or acoustically captured from a rendered document by a capture device remote from the server device; identifying, using the server device, a document that includes a sequence of characters that matches the captured sequence of characters; identifying, using the server device, a position, within the identified document, of the sequence of characters that matches the captured sequence of characters; and identifying, using the server device, 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.
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a server device, a sequence of characters optically or acoustically captured from a rendered document by a capture device remote from the server device; identifying, using the server device, a document that includes a sequence of characters that matches the captured sequence of characters; identifying, using the server device, a position, within the identified document, of the sequence of characters that matches the captured sequence of characters; and identifying, using the server device, 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. 5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: using the server device to perform the action associated with the identified word, phrase or symbol, wherein performing the action associated with the identified word, phrase or symbol comprises the server device translating the identified word, phrase or symbol from a first spoken language to a second spoken language.