VOICE CONTEXT E-MAIL

摘要

An electronic mail messaging system includes an interface, message formatting and a methodology to provide e-mail having audio voice clips keyed to specific passages of text or to the whole of the text of the e-mail . Audio voice files are attached to the text portion of the message and a header is provided with includes coding associating the voice files with the passages in the text. The user activates a voice clip playback by clicking on one of the passages, or by selecting from a voice clip play list which is displayed with the text portion of the e-mail. The user is provided with playback controls for controlling the recording and playback of the clips.