5. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the network comprises a wireline network.
1. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to: open a short message service (SMS) menu selected by a user of a first telecommunications terminal; activate an interactive voice response (IVR) option selected from the SMS menu, wherein an IVR system prompts the user to supply spoken input, the spoken input comprising a spoken message; translate the spoken message to a text message; and transmit the text message to a second telecommunications terminal over a telecommunications network.