13. An apparatus for providing a story comprising: a communications interface adapted to communicate over a network; and a control system coupled to the communications interface and adapted to: receive, via the network, a request for a customized story from a user device; receive personalization information relating to a user associated with the user device; receive localization information relating to a current location of the user device; generate the customized story based on the personalization information and the localization information, the customized story comprising a plot and at least one character; and effect an audible narration of the customized story over the network to the user device by: selecting, by the control system, a human reader from a plurality of human readers; and sending, by the control system, the customized story to a computer associated with the human reader, wherein the human reader audibly narrates the customized story in real-time over the network to the user device.
13. An apparatus for providing a story comprising: a communications interface adapted to communicate over a network; and a control system coupled to the communications interface and adapted to: receive, via the network, a request for a customized story from a user device; receive personalization information relating to a user associated with the user device; receive localization information relating to a current location of the user device; generate the customized story based on the personalization information and the localization information, the customized story comprising a plot and at least one character; and effect an audible narration of the customized story over the network to the user device by: selecting, by the control system, a human reader from a plurality of human readers; and sending, by the control system, the customized story to a computer associated with the human reader, wherein the human reader audibly narrates the customized story in real-time over the network to the user device. 16. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein to generate the customized story based on the personalization information and the localization information the control system is further adapted to generate the customized story based on the personalization information, the localization information, and information associated with the human reader.