13. A method of modifying content data transmitted from a first computer to a second computer over a bi-directional communications network, comprising: specifying content data output characteristics to be associated with the content data upon output by the second computer, the content data output characteristics defined by an applied expression, the applied expression not performing language translation but including at least one of character gender, character condition, and character environment; transmitting the content data from the first computer to the second computer over the bi-directional communications network; altering the content data that is to be output by the second computer in accordance with the content data output characteristics that are defined by the applied expression, the altering of content data further includes converting an audio component of the content data to text data through a voice recognition process, the text data being processed to converted text data, and the converted text data being synthesized to audio data; wherein the first computer is coupled to a plurality of client computers over an interactive network, and wherein each user of a client computer is associated with a character represented in a program executed on each computer, each character having associated therewith a specific content data output characteristic, the method further including, determining a relative location of each character in an environment defined by the program; and altering the specific output characteristics of the audio output depending upon the relative location of each character associated with each of the users.
13. A method of modifying content data transmitted from a first computer to a second computer over a bi-directional communications network, comprising: specifying content data output characteristics to be associated with the content data upon output by the second computer, the content data output characteristics defined by an applied expression, the applied expression not performing language translation but including at least one of character gender, character condition, and character environment; transmitting the content data from the first computer to the second computer over the bi-directional communications network; altering the content data that is to be output by the second computer in accordance with the content data output characteristics that are defined by the applied expression, the altering of content data further includes converting an audio component of the content data to text data through a voice recognition process, the text data being processed to converted text data, and the converted text data being synthesized to audio data; wherein the first computer is coupled to a plurality of client computers over an interactive network, and wherein each user of a client computer is associated with a character represented in a program executed on each computer, each character having associated therewith a specific content data output characteristic, the method further including, determining a relative location of each character in an environment defined by the program; and altering the specific output characteristics of the audio output depending upon the relative location of each character associated with each of the users. 14. The method of claim 13 , wherein each of the client computers includes a left and right speaker pair, and wherein the content data output characteristics comprise a relative audio output ratio for outputting altered content data from the left and right speakers.