15. An apparatus configured to search a product information management (PIM) component, the apparatus comprising: a system processor programmed to: receive, from a speech recognition component, one or more words corresponding to a voice input; search the PIM component to identify at least one matching item and/or category in a product catalog based, at least in part, on the one or more received words and at least one item attribute associated with at least one item and/or at least one category attribute associated with at least one category in the PIM component; and output coded results to a voice synthesis component in response to the search, wherein the coded results indicate whether the search resulted in the identification of at least one matching item and/or category in the PIM component.
15. An apparatus configured to search a product information management (PIM) component, the apparatus comprising: a system processor programmed to: receive, from a speech recognition component, one or more words corresponding to a voice input; search the PIM component to identify at least one matching item and/or category in a product catalog based, at least in part, on the one or more received words and at least one item attribute associated with at least one item and/or at least one category attribute associated with at least one category in the PIM component; and output coded results to a voice synthesis component in response to the search, wherein the coded results indicate whether the search resulted in the identification of at least one matching item and/or category in the PIM component. 17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the coded results indicate a single matching item was identified and wherein the system processor is further programmed to instruct the voice synthesis component to generate a request for confirmation of the single matching item from the user.