System and method for selective audible rendering of data to a user based on user input

A method of rendering information to a user based on a voice query, comprising:

• accessing stored text comprising a paragraph with a plurality of sentences that are arranged in a plurality of rows;
• audibly rendering a segment of the stored text to a user, wherein the segment comprises at least a portion of a selected row of the plurality of rows and wherein the selected row is analyzed to identify a plurality of semantic tags corresponding to columns within the selected row;
• receiving a voice query from the user and identifying at least one semantic object from the voice query while the segment of the stored text is being audibly rendered;
• associating the at least one semantic object with at least one of the semantic tags identified from the selected row, the at least one semantic tag corresponding to a portion of the selected row including one or more of the columns that has been audibly rendered;
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• audibly rendering the portion of the selected row corresponding to the at least one semantic tag.

A method for providing information to a user, comprising:

• identifying a first object, a second object and a command object from a user voice query;
• accessing stored information and associating the first object and the second object with tags corresponding to a first portion of stored information and a second portion of stored information;
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• generating a data output as a function of values related to the first and second portions of stored information based on a data operation associated with the command object identified from the user voice query, the data output not being directly found in the stored information;
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• audibly rendering the generated data output.