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

A wireless communications device comprising:

• a long-range wireless transceiver;
• a short-range wireless transceiver having a shorter range than said long-range wireless transceiver;
• and
• a controller coupled to said long-range wireless transceiver and said short-range wireless transceiver and configured to:
• receive a plurality of text messages via said cellular wireless transceiver, and
• when a short-range wireless connection is established with another device via said short-range wireless transceiver, output via the short-range wireless connection to the other device an audio message comprising speech generated based upon a selected text message.

A wireless communications device comprising:

• a long-range wireless transceiver;
• a short-range wireless transceiver having a shorter range than said long-range wireless transceiver;
• and
• a controller coupled to said long-range wireless transceiver and said short-range wireless transceiver and configured to:
• receive a text message via said long-range wireless transceiver, and
• when a short-range wireless connection is established via said short-range wireless transceiver, output via the short-range wireless connection an audio message comprising speech generated based upon the received text message.