My mother is speech (and typing) impared, which makes it almost impossible for her to communicate on a phone. I'm sure there are Tablet PC's that can convert handwritten notes to text, but what I need is a Tablet that can automatically convert her notes to text (audio) that I can hear over the phone. I would also be interested in an aftermarket software solution. THANKS! Doug

TTY/Teletypewriters: Contact your local telephone company about TTY

TTY/Teletypewriters require the ability to type. There are tablets that convert handwriting to text. Once you have the handwriting into text converting to speech should be easy. Do a search on Google for Text to Speech. There a loads of options. Stuart

Thanks for the info. Yea, Stuart is correct in that she doesn't type well, so a TTY isn't a good solution. I've looked everywhere, and no one makes a simple (low end) Tablet PC that does the conversion from handwriting to audio automatically. My only problem with a standard Tablet PC with aftermarket software is that she'd have to learn how to use a computer. I'm thinking about hiring a programmer to write me a script does the conversion automatically with any tablet. There aren't to many 80 year old computer geeks out there.

"There aren't too many 80 year old computer geeks out there". I'm working on it LOL. some other bloke...