10. A mobile communication device for receiving a voice message, said mobile communication device comprising: a processor system; a transceiver for receiving a text message that contains a non-text representation of an utterance; an audio output device; and memory storing code which when executed on the processor system causes the mobile communication device to: extract the non-text representation from the received text message; synthesize an audio representation of the spoken utterance from the non-text representation; and play the synthesized audio representation through the audio output device.
10. A mobile communication device for receiving a voice message, said mobile communication device comprising: a processor system; a transceiver for receiving a text message that contains a non-text representation of an utterance; an audio output device; and memory storing code which when executed on the processor system causes the mobile communication device to: extract the non-text representation from the received text message; synthesize an audio representation of the spoken utterance from the non-text representation; and play the synthesized audio representation through the audio output device. 12. The mobile communication device of claim 10 , wherein the non-text representation of the utterance is a string of symbols representing sounds of the utterance.