Communications system providing automatic text-to-speech conversion features and related methods

A non-transitory computer readable medium to cause a controller of a mobile wireless communications device to perform steps comprising:

• receiving a text message via a long-range wireless transceiver of the mobile wireless communications device;
• switching to an audio message mode based upon a short-range wireless connection being established via a short-range wireless transceiver of the mobile wireless communications device, the short-range wireless transceiver having a shorter range than the long-range wireless transceiver;
• and
• when in the audio message mode, outputting via the short-range wireless connection an audio message comprising speech generated based upon the text message.

A non-transitory computer readable medium to cause a controller of a wireless communications device to perform steps comprising:

• receiving a plurality of text messages via a long-range wireless transceiver of the wireless communications device;
• selecting a text message;
• and
• when a short-range wireless connection is established with another device via a short-range wireless transceiver of the wireless communications device having a range less than the long range wireless transceiver, outputting via the short-range wireless connection to an other device an audio message comprising speech generated based upon the selected text message.