5. The system according to claim 1 , containing a computer network interface and a search engine for locating pre-generated text summaries in a computer network.
1. A system for generating an audio-visual summary for audio-visual program content, said system comprising: a search unit for locating a pre-generated text summary associated with the program content but not provided with the program content; a speech synthesizer for converting the selected text summary into speech; a video summary generator for generating a video summary of the audio-visual program content; an audio/video mixer for mixing the synthesized speech with the video summary.