Interesting article / video: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21827631
If this becomes mainstream I’d hazard a guess that copy-writing is going to become even more important, for example, if one of our recipients has a device that converts all their emails to be ‘read’ to them then it really is all about the words & tone.
Suspect it would see more use as a practical joke tool for short messages (couldn’t help seeing this as a new way to break-up with people – get the avatar to deliver the message…?).

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