METHOD, SYSTEM AND NETWORK ENTITY FOR PROVIDING TEXT TELEPHONE ENHANCEMENT FOR VOICE, TONE AND SOUND-BASED NETWORK SERVICES

The invention is a system, a method of transmitting messages selectively as text or non-text from an entity (104) in a network (100 and 102), and an entity in a network. A system in accordance with the invention includes at least one terminal (16); a network containing the at least one terminal; an entity in the network which provides messages selectively as text or non-text to the network in a speech encoded form; and wherein the messages are transmitted in the speech encoded form by the network to the at least one terminal which reproduces the messages to a user thereof in either a text form or by a sound reproduction device of the at least one terminal.