Method and system for group communication across electronic mail users and feature phone users

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor associated with a computing device perform a method comprising:

• receiving a first message addressed to a user, the first message comprising first text data;
• converting the first text data to audio data;
• generating a second message comprising a telephonic number for enabling access to the audio data;
• determining a number of characters of the first text data of the first message, the determination further comprising comparing the number of characters to a predefined number;
• conditionally communicating the first text data of the first message based on the determination, the second message further comprising the first text data of the first message when the determined number of characters of the first text data is less than the predefined number;
• and
• communicating the second message to the user.

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:
• receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving a first message addressed to a user, the first message comprising first text data;
• converting logic executed by the processor for converting the first text data to audio data;
• generating logic executed by the processor for generating a second message comprising a telephonic number for enabling access to the audio data;
• determining logic executed by the processor for determining a number of characters of the first text data of the first message, the determination further comprising comparing the number of characters to a predefined number;
• communicating logic executed by the processor for conditionally communicating the first text data of the first message based on the determination, the second message further comprising the first text data of the first message when the determined number of characters of the first text data is less than the predefined number;
• and
• communicating logic executed by the processor for communicating the second message to the user.