System and method for providing communications services

A method for providing a translation service via a network comprising:

• receiving a call associated with a first number at a first interface of a local exchange;
• indexing the first number into a database and selectively routing the call to a switch as a function of the first number;
• receiving the call at the switch;
• receiving a second number associated with a call destination;
• routing the call through the switch to a second interface of the local exchange as a function of the second number;
• monitoring the call between the first interface and the second interface for an audio signal with a processor;
• and
• routing, upon detection of the audio signal, the call through the switch to a third interface.

A routing system for providing a communications service via a telecommunications network comprising:

• a switch;
• a first interface communicatively coupled to the switch and operable to communicably couple a first telephone circuit to the switch;
• a second interface communicatively coupled to the switch and operable to communicably couple a second telephone circuit to the switch;
• a third interface communicatively coupled to the switch and operable to communicably couple a third telephone circuit to the switch the switch;
• a processor communicatively coupled to the switch operable to receive a switching signal from the telecommunications network and selectively activate the switch as a function of the switching signal to communicably couple the first interface to the second interface;
• and
• a signal processor communicably coupled to the switch;
• wherein signal processor is operable to monitor an audio signal as the audio signal is relayed between the first interface and the second interface, and to selectively activate the switch as a function of the audio signal to communicably couple the second interface to the third interface.