11. A method for retrieving desired information from an information source of a plurality of information sources, the information source being periodically updated with current information, over a network, by speech commands received from a particular user of a plurality of users, wherein each of the plurality of users has a respective electronic-communication device, said method comprising: (a) receiving a speech command, from each of the plurality of users via the respective electronic-communication device, the speech-recognition engine coupled to a media server, the media server configured to identify and access an information source from the plurality of information sources via the network, the speech-recognition engine adapted to select speech-recognition grammar established to correspond to the speech commands received, from certain of the plurality of users and assigned to a desired search; (b) selecting, by the media server, at least one information-source-retrieval instruction corresponding to the speech-recognition grammar established for a particular speech command, the at least one information-source-retrieval instruction stored in a database associated with the media server and adapted to retrieve information; (c) providing access, by the speech command, via a web-browsing server, to a portion of the information source to retrieve the desired information for the particular user, by using a processor of the web-browsing server, which processor (i) performs an instruction that requests information from an identified webpage, and (ii) utilizes a content extractor within the web-browsing server to separate a portion of the information from other information, the information is derived from only a portion of the webpage containing information of interest to a particular user, wherein the content extractor uses a content-descriptor file containing a description of the portion of information and wherein the content-descriptor file indicates a location of the portion of the information within the information source, (d) selecting, by the web-browsing server, the desired information from the appropriate information source and retrieving only the portion of the information of interest requested by the particular user according to the at least one information-source-retrieval instruction; (e) converting the information retrieved from the information source into an audio message, by a speech-synthesis engine, the speech-synthesis engine coupled to the media server; (f) conveying the audio message through the electronic-communication device to the respective electronic-communication device of the particular user requesting the desired information; and (g) providing a graphical display and adapted to display the desired information retrieved from the information source to the particular user on the respective electronic-communication device of the particular user.
11. A method for retrieving desired information from an information source of a plurality of information sources, the information source being periodically updated with current information, over a network, by speech commands received from a particular user of a plurality of users, wherein each of the plurality of users has a respective electronic-communication device, said method comprising: (a) receiving a speech command, from each of the plurality of users via the respective electronic-communication device, the speech-recognition engine coupled to a media server, the media server configured to identify and access an information source from the plurality of information sources via the network, the speech-recognition engine adapted to select speech-recognition grammar established to correspond to the speech commands received, from certain of the plurality of users and assigned to a desired search; (b) selecting, by the media server, at least one information-source-retrieval instruction corresponding to the speech-recognition grammar established for a particular speech command, the at least one information-source-retrieval instruction stored in a database associated with the media server and adapted to retrieve information; (c) providing access, by the speech command, via a web-browsing server, to a portion of the information source to retrieve the desired information for the particular user, by using a processor of the web-browsing server, which processor (i) performs an instruction that requests information from an identified webpage, and (ii) utilizes a content extractor within the web-browsing server to separate a portion of the information from other information, the information is derived from only a portion of the webpage containing information of interest to a particular user, wherein the content extractor uses a content-descriptor file containing a description of the portion of information and wherein the content-descriptor file indicates a location of the portion of the information within the information source, (d) selecting, by the web-browsing server, the desired information from the appropriate information source and retrieving only the portion of the information of interest requested by the particular user according to the at least one information-source-retrieval instruction; (e) converting the information retrieved from the information source into an audio message, by a speech-synthesis engine, the speech-synthesis engine coupled to the media server; (f) conveying the audio message through the electronic-communication device to the respective electronic-communication device of the particular user requesting the desired information; and (g) providing a graphical display and adapted to display the desired information retrieved from the information source to the particular user on the respective electronic-communication device of the particular user. 12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising: an interface to a plurality of associated websites accessed by the network to locate the desired information.