12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: outputting, by the system, the audio sample as an audible sound signal.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the voicemail is received by the system from a first application, the method further comprising: receiving, by the system, a textual message from a second application; identifying, by the system, an identifier of the user based on the textual message; selecting, by the system, the speech synthesis voice associated with the user based on the identifier; and synthesizing, by the system, an audio sample of the textual message being spoken using the speech synthesis voice associated with the user.