Patent ID: 7340390

Claim:
A method for audibly presenting text associated with a message in a mobile telecommunication terminal comprising; reading a first set of digits from a memory in the mobile telecommunication terminal, the first set of digits identifying a subscriber terminal in a telecommunication network; automatically selecting a first at least one dictionary associated with the first set of digits, where selecting the first at least one dictionary includes, at least one of loading the address of a start of the first at least one dictionary for sequential reading and loading an entirety of the first at least one dictionary into a random access memory of the mobile telecommunication terminal, reading dictionary selection data from a data record associated with the first set of digits and designating at least one dictionary stored in the memory, and selecting the at least one designated dictionary based on the dictionary selection data; determining if the first set of digits comprise a country code; and automatically selecting at least one dictionary that corresponds to a language associated with the country code; receiving at least one character associated with a data record or an incoming or outgoing message; audibly presenting the at least one character in a language associated with the dictionary; automatically forming at least one word from the at least one character and audibly presenting the at least one word; reading a second set of digits from the memory in the mobile telecommunication terminal, the second set of digits identifying a second subscriber terminal in a telecommunication network; reading second dictionary selection data from the memory, the second dictionary selection data being associated with the second set of digits and designating at least one dictionary stored in the memory; determining if the first dictionary data and the second dictionary data correspond; and if the first dictionary selection data and the second dictionary selection data correspond, selecting a second at least one dictionary stored in the memory based on the corresponding dictionary selection data, the second at least one dictionary replacing the first at least one dictionary.