In accordance with a method and apparatus of the present invention, a
voice communication system is disclosed for use in a packet switching
network environment including a host server for communicating voice
information, initiated by a telephone user, to an electronic mail (email)
recipient. A public switching telephone network (PSTN) includes at least
one telephone device for communicating the voice information
therethrough. The host server is responsive to email messages,
transmitted in packet form, through the packet switching network The
voice communication system includes a network device responsive to a
voice message generated by the telephone user. The voice communication
system is operative to convert the voice message to an email message,
establish a first connection between the network device and the host
server for transmission of the email message, edit the voice message
pursuant to commands from the telephone user and transmit the email
message, in the form of packets, to the host server for storage thereof
and transmission thereafter to the email recipient, wherein the voice
message may be manipulated by the telephone user prior to the
transmission thereof by the network device without the use of secondary
storage within the network device.