Patent ID: 8583431

Claim:
A communications system comprising: a first communications device and a second communications device cooperating therewith, said first communications device comprising an audio input transducer, a voice encoder coupled to said audio input transducer and configured to encode a speech message, a speech-to-text converter coupled to said audio input transducer and configured to convert the speech message into a corresponding text message, a multiplexer coupled to said voice encoder and to said speech-to-text converter and operable to multiplex the speech message and the corresponding text message into a multiplexed signal, and a wireless transmitter coupled to said multiplexer and operable to transmit the multiplexed signal; said second communications device comprising a wireless receiver configured to receive the multiplexed signal from said wireless transmitter, a de-multiplexer coupled to said wireless receiver and operable to de-multiplex the multiplexed signal into the speech message and the corresponding text message, a voice decoder coupled to said de-multiplexer, an audio output transducer coupled to said voice decoder and configured to output the speech message, a text processor coupled to said de-multiplexer, a display coupled to said text processor and configured to display the corresponding text message in synchronization with the speech message, and a memory coupled to said text processor for storing the text message, said text processor being configured to display the stored text message.