Abstract: The messaging system (100) comprises a message data engine (101), a message generation engine (102), and an inference analysis engine (107). The message data engine (101) is operable to identify the desired recipient of the message, analyse and deconstruct the desired message content into syllables, words or phrases as desired or as appropriate. The message or part message may then be passed to the inference engine (107) for review of the message content and context. The message may then be referred back to the requestor (111) through the interface (103) with details of the problem for remediation, or passed to the message generation engine (102) for transcription. The message generation engine (102) may apply a range of speech samples and/or speech parameters as appropriate to the input message in order to compile a representation of this message with the speaker characteristics that were requested.