Automated text-to-speech conversion, such as driving mode voice memo

An electronic device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• an identification module configured to determine whether a triggering event has occurred;
• a communication module configured to generate and transmit an activation message to a platform that the triggering event has occurred,
• wherein the activation message includes an identifier of the electronic device;
• wherein the platform translates an incoming message, intended for the electronic device, to an audio message;
• and
• wherein the platform only translates the incoming message to the audio message when the incoming message is received within a first time period during a driving mode within which incoming message are to be converted to audio messages and not during a second time period during the driving mode within which incoming message are not to be converted to audio messages;
• and
• an application running on the electronic device to connect the electronic device to a speaker of a vehicle or communicatively coupled to the electronically device and play the audio message received from the platform.

At least one computer-readable medium, excluding transitory signals and storing instructions, which when executed by an electronic device, perform operations for operating the electronic device, the operations comprising:

• receiving, at the electronic device and via a wireless network, one or more incoming messages, wherein the electronic device is located within a vehicle separate from the electronic device;
• accessing, using an identifier associated with the electronic device, a set of rules associated with the electronic device, wherein the rules indicate criteria for converting incoming messages to audio messages, and wherein the criteria are based on one or more of the following:
• an application via which an incoming message was received, a sender of the incoming message, a type of send of the incoming message, a type of the incoming message, a duration of activation of a driving mode of operation of the electronic device, or an estimated navigational arrival time;
• evaluating, based on the rules, whether to convert at least one of the one or more incoming messages into an audio message;
• upon determining to convert the at least one of the one or more incoming messages into the audio message, identifying whether to perform the conversion at the electronic device separate from the vehicle or at a location remote from the electronic device based on:
• a property of the one or more incoming messages within a first threshold value and a battery life of the electronic device is within a second threshold value;
• and
• causing the audio message to be output via a speaker communicatively-coupled to the electronic device or to the vehicle associated with the electronic device.