METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING COMMUNICATION DATA, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING COMMUNICATION DATA, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM

Communication data including actually-photographed pictures is provided. The communication data consists of text data such as a sentence input by a user and a plurality of still pictures obtained by taking a picture of the user a plurality of times. Because the communication data includes visual information provided by a picture of a user, the communication data can more stimulate a user who receives the communication data than text-base communication data can. Furthermore, it is possible to represent a motion using a plurality of still pictures thereby transmitting a large amount of information. Because the motion is represented using only a plurality of still pictures, the data size is much smaller than is required to represent a motion using a moving picture.