Apparatus and methods for creating a composite data source having a common
data representation from disparate sources of voice data. Data
transmission links are established to heterogeneous messaging data
sources, requests for voice data is sent using data access protocols, the
voice data is received, and a set of voice data transformation rules are
selectively applied to the voice data to transform the data into a common
data representation. The common data representation can also be used as a
source for reporting and graphical displays to monitor the operational
aspects of the sources of voice data.