1. A method for extracting meta data from a digital media storage device in a vehicle over a communication link between a control module of the vehicle and the digital media storage device, the method comprising: retrieving, at the control module of the vehicle, meta data associated with a media file from the digital media storage device, the meta data comprising text data; comparing the text data with a plurality of stored data entries; if the text data matches a stored data entry, providing a phonemic representation for the text data based on a pre-stored phonemic representation associated with the stored data entry.