18. A system for providing multi-media conferencing, the system comprising one or more processors having: a conference scheduling application configured to receive textual information for display during a conference session among a plurality of participants, and to retrieve configuration information specifying language assistance for the textual information, wherein the configuration information is associated with one of the participants; and a language assistance application configured to augment the textual information according to the configuration information for comprehension of the textual information by the one participant, wherein the language assistance application determines whether the textual information is contained in a predetermined list of terms and associated supplemental information, and if the textual information is in the list, the language assistance application marks the textual information to notify the one participant that the supplemental information is available for selective display, the supplemental information including definitions of the corresponding terms, and wherein the textual information having the marking is forwarded to the one participant for display during the conference session without replacement of the textual information.
18. A system for providing multi-media conferencing, the system comprising one or more processors having: a conference scheduling application configured to receive textual information for display during a conference session among a plurality of participants, and to retrieve configuration information specifying language assistance for the textual information, wherein the configuration information is associated with one of the participants; and a language assistance application configured to augment the textual information according to the configuration information for comprehension of the textual information by the one participant, wherein the language assistance application determines whether the textual information is contained in a predetermined list of terms and associated supplemental information, and if the textual information is in the list, the language assistance application marks the textual information to notify the one participant that the supplemental information is available for selective display, the supplemental information including definitions of the corresponding terms, and wherein the textual information having the marking is forwarded to the one participant for display during the conference session without replacement of the textual information. 19. A system according to claim 18 , wherein the configuration information specifies type of language, and the language assistance application translates the textual information according to the type of language, the augmented textual information including the translated textual information.