1. A method to transcribe communications, the method comprising: obtaining, at a first communication device, first communication data during a communication session between the first communication device and a second communication device; transmitting the first communication data to the second communication device by way of a device that is locally coupled with the first communication device; receiving, at the first communication device, second communication data from the second communication device through the device; transmitting, by the device, the second communication data to a remote transcription system; receiving, at the device, transcription data from the remote transcription system, the transcription data corresponding to a transcription of the second communication data, the transcription generated by the remote transcription system; and presenting the transcription of the second communication data.