A telephone call is established between a local telephone (110) associated
with a local party and a remote telephone (104) associated with a remote
party. The local telephone (110) receives a voice signal from the remote
telephone (104) responsive to establishing the telephone call. The voice
signal represents directory assistance information, a name, a phone
number or directions provided by the remote party. The local telephone
(110) stores the voice signal in a memory unit (212) in the local
telephone (110) responsive to receiving the voice signal. The local
telephone (110) converts the voice signal to a text signal responsive to
storing the voice signal. The local telephone (110) stores the text
signal in the memory unit (214) in the local telephone (110) responsive
to converting the voice signal to a text signal. The local telephone
(110) edits the stored text signal in the memory unit responsive to
storing the text signal. The local telephone (110) correlates the remote
party's identity with the stored voice and/or text signal responsive to
storing the voice and/or text signal. The local telephone (110) uses the
stored edited text signal to make a new telephone call or to transfer the
stored edited text signal to another electronic device.