| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus for receiving and transmitting email using a telephone device. In the case of receiving email, email messages are received and stored in a storage device (36). When it is desired to review or retrieve the received messages, a user accesses their storage device using a telephone device by placing a telephone call (30). Once a communication path is established, the received email messages are converted into audio using a speech synthesizer (32) and played to the user over the telephone line. Similarly, to transmit an email message via a telephone, the user speaks or vocalizes the desired message into the telephone device. This message is transmitted on audio to the user's storage device ( e.g., a personal computer) where the message is converted into text or data using a voice recognition unit (34). The text or data is subsequently transmitted on an email message having originated with the user. An alternative method of replying to a received message is to automatically initiate a reply message to the sender of the received message if at any time during the playback of the received message the user begins speaking.
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