Voice recognition system for use with a personal media streaming appliance

A system for operating a voice command interface configured to control a media playback device, the system comprising:

• a speech recognition engine configured to:
• receive an audio clip of an instruction, the instruction comprising:
• an activation trigger portion identifying a wake signal,
• a command portion identifying intent information, and
• the parameter portion identifying a shortcut;
• and
• a speech analysis engine configured to:
• identify the instruction by converting the audio clip to a text version and determining the intent information and the shortcut from the text version;
• identify a plurality of media content items associated with the shortcut;
• associate the shortcut with a physical button located on a media playback device;
• transmit the media content items to the media playback device to perform the command;
• obtain a second audio clip of a save instruction during playback of the media content items, the save instruction having a second command portion and a second parameter portion identifying a shortcut alias, and the second command portion including a save request;
• identify the save instruction by converting the second audio clip to a second text version and determining the second command portion and the shortcut alias from the second text version;
• and
• associate the plurality of media content items with the shortcut alias of the media playback device;
• and
• associate the shortcut alias with the physical button located on the medial playback device.