8. A communication device, comprising: a microphone; a display screen; a processor coupled to the microphone and the display screen and configured to: detect a noise level in an audio input to the communication device; determine whether the noise level exceeds a threshold value; provide an option to activate text-to-speech conversion on the display screen of the communications device based at least in part on the noise level exceeding the threshold value; activate text-to-speech conversion at the communication in response to the option to activate text-to-speech conversion being selected; and prompt for text input based at least in part on the activating; and a communication network interface to address an audio signal to a far-end communication device that is to be transmitted using an audio connection that has been established between the communication device and the far-end communication device via a communication network, wherein the processor is to cause audio input from the microphone to be muted based at least in part on the activating, and the audio signal conveys a message that is generated internally by the communication device based at least in part on the prompting.
8. A communication device, comprising: a microphone; a display screen; a processor coupled to the microphone and the display screen and configured to: detect a noise level in an audio input to the communication device; determine whether the noise level exceeds a threshold value; provide an option to activate text-to-speech conversion on the display screen of the communications device based at least in part on the noise level exceeding the threshold value; activate text-to-speech conversion at the communication in response to the option to activate text-to-speech conversion being selected; and prompt for text input based at least in part on the activating; and a communication network interface to address an audio signal to a far-end communication device that is to be transmitted using an audio connection that has been established between the communication device and the far-end communication device via a communication network, wherein the processor is to cause audio input from the microphone to be muted based at least in part on the activating, and the audio signal conveys a message that is generated internally by the communication device based at least in part on the prompting. 14. The communication device of claim 8 , wherein the communication device is a mobile phone.