22. The method of claim 18 wherein the control output is further a control command enabling control of at least one of the components of the apparatus, the at least one host computing device, and external devices, the method further comprising interacting in a visual and audio manner in response to the received speech commands in a format being associated with an avatar.
22. The method of claim 18 wherein the control output is further a control command enabling control of at least one of the components of the apparatus, the at least one host computing device, and external devices, the method further comprising interacting in a visual and audio manner in response to the received speech commands in a format being associated with an avatar. 23. The method of claim 22 wherein interacting in a visual and audio manner in response to the received speech commands in the format being associated with the avatar further includes providing simulated human attributes to the apparatus including visual graphical elements displayed on the display.