System and apparatus for dynamically generating audible notices from an information network

A computer program product for dynamically generating audible notices from an information network, the information network including a client processor and a remote processor, the computer product comprising:

• first program instructions being operable to allow a user to preselect at least one data source, wherein the data source is accessible from the information network;
• second program instructions being operable to receive information from the at least one preselected data source;
• and
• third program instructions being operable to convert the information from a text format to an audio format, wherein the third program instructions perform a first function for generating an intermediate phonemic representation of the information and a second function for generating an audio representation of the information based on the intermediate phonemic representation of the information, wherein the first function is performed in the remote processor and the second function is performed in the client processor.

A method for dynamically generating audible notices from an information network, the method comprising:

• preselecting at least one data source, wherein the data source is accessible from the information network;
• receiving information from the at least one preselected data source;
• converting the information from a text format to an intermediate phonemic representation in a remote processor;
• converting the information from the intermediate phonemic representation to an audio format in a client processor;
• and
• transmitting audio signals representative of the information in audio format.

A system for dynamically generating audible notices from an information network, the method comprising:

• at least one data source;
• a client computer system;
• a remote computer system;
• a set of remote program instructions executable on the remote computer system, the remote program instructions including:
• first remote program instructions being operable to receive information from a data source;
• second remote program instructions being operable to convert the information from a text format to an intermediate phonemic representation;
• third remote program instructions being operable to transmit the information in intermediate phonemic representation to the client computer system;
• and
• a set of client program instructions executable on the client computer system, the client program instructions including:
• first client program instructions being operable to convert the information from the intermediate phonemic representation to an audio format.