12. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the text representation is converted into speech remotely from the first user.
10. A communications apparatus, comprising: a speech input for receiving conversational speech information from a first user; a speech to text process for converting the received speech information to a text representation thereof; a communications interface for communicating the text representation and the speech input remotely from the user as part of a real time conversation with a second user; and an audio interface configured to reproduce a second speech input and a visual interface displaying the text representation from the second user to the first user.