An apparatus and method for audibly annunciating at a device information
transmitted over a telephone network. The information is transmitted in
the form of a modulated signal to the device wherein the modulated signal
is representative of the information. The apparatus includes a receiver
for capturing a ring signal and a modulated signal representative of
information transmitted over a telephone network during an interval
between the ring signal and a subsequent ring signal; a converter in
communication with the receiver for converting the modulated signal into
a stream of audible signals; and a speaker in communication with the
converter for producing audible sounds corresponding to the stream of
audible signals representative of the information received over the
telephone network.