14. A computer implemented method for enabling search of data items from a collection, the method comprising: enabling search operations on select data items that include content other than speech and text, but which have one or more associated files or data that includes speech, by programmatically converting the speech in said associated files or data into text for use with search operations that specify text; wherein enabling the search operations includes: identifying data corresponding to a plurality of data items, each of the plurality of data items having a respective audible speech; for each data item in the plurality of data items, (i) programmatically extracting the respective audible speech from the received data in response to receiving the data, then (ii) programmatically converting the extracted respective audible speech into a respective text data; and enabling a subsequent search operation for identifying at least a portion of one or more of the plurality of data items by comparing a criteria to respective text data of at least some of the plurality of data items.
14. A computer implemented method for enabling search of data items from a collection, the method comprising: enabling search operations on select data items that include content other than speech and text, but which have one or more associated files or data that includes speech, by programmatically converting the speech in said associated files or data into text for use with search operations that specify text; wherein enabling the search operations includes: identifying data corresponding to a plurality of data items, each of the plurality of data items having a respective audible speech; for each data item in the plurality of data items, (i) programmatically extracting the respective audible speech from the received data in response to receiving the data, then (ii) programmatically converting the extracted respective audible speech into a respective text data; and enabling a subsequent search operation for identifying at least a portion of one or more of the plurality of data items by comparing a criteria to respective text data of at least some of the plurality of data items. 15. The method of claim 14 , wherein programmatically converting the extracted respective audible speech into a respective text data is performed without playing back any part of the data item, including its audible speech.