A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for recognizing
voice commands for manipulating data on the Internet. Data is provided on
a website. Voice signals are received from a user who is accessing the
website, which are interpreted to determine navigation commands. Selected
data of the website is output based on the navigation commands. In one
embodiment of the present invention, the data includes a voice-activated
application. The user may be allowed to access the website from either a
computer or a telephone, or both. A language may be determined from the
voice signals and the voice signals interpreted in the language being
spoken by the user.