1. A method of providing information to a first conferee participating in a telephone conference with at least one second conferee, the method comprising: severing a first connection that provides audio data generated by the at least one second conferee to the first conferee; receiving the audio data generated by the at least one second conferee; mixing the audio data generated by the at least one second conferee with a first announcement to obtain first mixed audio data; providing the first mixed audio data to the first conferee in real time after severing the first connection; and providing audio data generated by the first conferee to the at least one second conferee in real time after severing the first connection.