A communication system includes communications equipment having a voice
input device, an acoustic output device, and a visual display device. The
communications equipment receives voice information from a user using the
voice input device, converts the voice information into text, and
communicates packets encoding the voice information and the text to a
remote location. The communications equipment also receives packets
encoding voice and text information from the remote location, outputs the
voice information using the acoustic output device, and outputs the text
information using the visual display device.