Static image video telephone transmission system

A static image video telephone transmission method in which a static image signal obtained from a camera is modulated into an audio signal, and the modulated static image signal is transmitted and received over a telephone line. A reference frequency signal is added to a control information signal of a static image signal to be transmitted at a predetermined cycle in order to correct a frequency shift which will occur in the telephone line. The reference frequency signal of the static image signal received over the telephone line is counted by a given clock and the obtained count value is then compared to a predetermined value to detect a quantity of the frequency shift. A demodulation timing signal is corrected based on this frequency shift data.