HAND HELD TRANSMITTER HAVING SPEECH STORAGE ACTUATED BY TRANSMISSION FAILURE

A device for processing speech signal is disclosed comprising a speech signal input and speech signal digitizer, a control signal input and control signal digitizer, a digital signal processor, a transmitter to transmit processed digital signals in a cordless fashion to a base station, and a storage means, which is connected upstream of the transmitter and by which, depending on the quality of the communication link between the device and the base station, buffers the processed digital signals to be supplied and to be transmitted between the device and the base station.