35. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions for providing multi-media conferencing, the one or more sequences of one or more instructions including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of: receiving textual information for display during a conference session among a plurality of participants; retrieving configuration information specifying language assistance for the textual information, wherein the configuration information is associated with one of the participants; augmenting the textual information according to the configuration information for comprehension of the textual information by the one participant, wherein the augmenting of the textual information includes determining whether the textual information is contained in a predetermined list of terms and associated supplemental information, and marking the textual information to notify the one participant that the associated supplemental information is available for selective display if the textual information is in the list; and forwarding the textual information having the marking to the one participant for display during the conference session without replacement of the textual information.
35. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions for providing multi-media conferencing, the one or more sequences of one or more instructions including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of: receiving textual information for display during a conference session among a plurality of participants; retrieving configuration information specifying language assistance for the textual information, wherein the configuration information is associated with one of the participants; augmenting the textual information according to the configuration information for comprehension of the textual information by the one participant, wherein the augmenting of the textual information includes determining whether the textual information is contained in a predetermined list of terms and associated supplemental information, and marking the textual information to notify the one participant that the associated supplemental information is available for selective display if the textual information is in the list; and forwarding the textual information having the marking to the one participant for display during the conference session without replacement of the textual information. 40. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 35 , wherein the conference session is established collaboratively.