Patent ID: 7346042

Claim:
An information distributing method for distributing provided information including image data and/or attached information attached to the image data, from an information providing server to a communication terminal via a network, the information distributing method comprising: at said information providing server, an attached information conversion step of converting said attached information to converted information that has been converted to have a desired format suitable for aural read-out; at said information providing server, a voice conversion step of converting said converted information to voice signal; at said information providing server, a transmission step of transmitting said image data and/or said converted information and said voice signal to said communication terminal; a screen display step of displaying said image data and/or said converted information on a screen at said communication terminal; at said communication terminal, a voice output step of aurally outputting said converted information; and at said communication terminal, a synchronizing step of synchronizing said screen display by said screen display step with said voice output by said voice output step.