A system and method of creating a customized multi-media message to a
recipient is disclosed. The multi-media message is created by a sender
and contains an animated entity that delivers an audible message. The
sender chooses the animated entity from a plurality of animated entities.
The system receives a text message from the sender and receives a sender
audio message associated with the text message. The sender audio message
is associated with the chosen animated entity to create the multi-media
message. The multi-media message is delivered by the animated entity
using as the voice the sender audio message wherein the mouth movements
of the animated entity conform to the sender audio message.