Methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein for providing pre-programmed responses to received communications. A communication is received and identified. The communication is associated with a pre-programmed response and a response to the communication is generated using the pre-programmed response. Additionally, a context for the pre-programmed response can be established and the pre-programmed response can be based on the context and the communication identification. The communication can include a voice call, text message, Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) call, or push-to-talk (PTT) call.