Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for converting text messages to speech data. A text message may be received. The text message may be associated with a recipient identification of a recipient of the text message. Preference information for converting the text message to speech data may be received. The text message may be converted to the speech data based on the preference information. The speed data may be communicated to the recipient.
Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable storage device for sending a spoken message as a text message. The method includes receiving from a subscriber a spoken message and spoken disambiguating information indicating how to deliver the spoken message to a recipient. The method further includes converting the spoken message to text and communicating the text to the recipient address. The method can also include determining a recipient address for the recipient based on spoken disambiguating information.