Abstract: Computer based email systems and VOIP based messaging systems have generally been regarded as distinct means of communication. In many instances, however, a potential sender of a message may have access to only email services while at the same time, the desired recipient of the message may only have access to a telephone. Thus, it would be advantageous if the sender could send an email which could be converted to a voice message and delivered directly to the recipient(s) telephone and the recipient could record a voice message which, in turn, could be converted to a text message and returned back to the original sender of the email.