1. A system for converting information from a text format to an audio format, the system comprising: at least one data source; a server side data processor; a client side data processor; a first set of program instructions executable on the server side data processor, the first set of program instructions including: first program instructions being operable to receive information from the at least one data source; second program instructions being operable to convert the information from the text format to an intermediate phonemic representation; third program instructions being operable to transmit the information in the intermediate phonemic representation to the client side data processor; and a second set of program instructions executable on the client side data processor, the second set of program instructions including: fourth program instructions being operable to convert the information from the intermediate phonemic representation to the audio format.