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Abstract

A system for providing a voice response to an EMail message, wherein the voice response is generated by a thin client device and transmitted to a cellular, or similar, service and then to a world-wide communications network, includes a conversion mechanism co-located with the cellular service for converting the voice response into a voice data file which is transmitted over the world-wide communications network; an EMail server connected to the world-wide communications network for receiving conventional EMail and voice data files; an EMail-to-voicemail gateway for identifying voice data files; a voicemail interface for receiving voice data files from said EMail-to-voicemail gateway and converting said voice data files into voice streams; a voicemail system, including recipient voicemail boxes; for directing said voice streams into a recipient's voicemail box. A method of generating a voicemail message with a thin client device and transmitting that voicemail message over an EMail system, includes sending a voice mail message over a wireless phone system; converting the voice mail message into a voice data file; transmitting a the voice data file over a world-wide communications network; receiving the voice data file at an EMail server; separating the voice data file from EMail files; changing the voice data file into a voice stream; and directing the voice stream to a recipient's voicemail box.

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