1. A method of distributing information to an end-user in computer-readable textual form for subsequent conversion into audible form at an end-user location, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at a collection site an information item, wherein the information item includes data in computer-readable textual form, and wherein the data includes a portion that will cause the generation of improperly spoken speech therefrom by a text-to-speech synthesizer positioned at an end-user location; detecting at the collection site the portion of the data of the information item that will cause the generation of improperly spoken speech therefrom by the text-to-speech synthesizer; replacing at the collection site the detected portion of the data of the information item with replacement data in computer-readable textual form that will cause the generation of properly spoken speech therefrom by the text-to-speech synthesizer; and, transmitting the information item from the collection site through a data channel to the end-user location for subsequent conversion into audible form by the text-to-speech synthesizer at the end-user location, wherein the transmitted information item includes the replacement data.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the steps of receiving at the collection site a plurality of information items that include data in computer-readable textual form, wherein the information item is one information item of the plurality of information items, receiving at the collection site selection criteria from the end-user location, wherein the received selection criteria identifies a type of information item desired for receipt by an end-user at the end-user location, and, selecting at the collection site for transmission to the end-user location information items from the plurality of information items using the received selection criteria.