A method for controlling a digital computer using oral input, comprising: (a) providing receiving means and a digital computer; (b) receiving oral input comprising a plurality of words; (c) generating input information corresponding to said oral input; (d) associatively searching a tabular data structure comprising labels using at least a first part of said input information to locate at least a first label in such tabular data structure relating to said input information; and (e) determining content information relating to said oral input. view more

A method, as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: (i) using said content information to identify an operation to be performed on said data; and (ii) performing the identified operation on said data in a digital computer.

A method, as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: (i) outputting a request for further input information relating to said input information.

A method, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of words comprises a verb or verb phrase and at least a first noun or noun phrase.