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.
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. 15. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the speech input is received by a speech application, the speech application further comprising a text dialog interface, the text representation being transferred to the text dialog interface and the text representation being communicated by the speech application from the text dialog interface.