Patent ID: 8213578
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G10L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for providing captioned telephone service to an assisted user, the system comprising: a captioned telephone device at the site of the assisted user, the captioned telephone device including a microphone, a visually readable display, and a microprocessor; a relay for converting voice to text, the relay including a computer with voice recognition software and operated by a call assistant, the voice recognition software of the relay trained to the voice of the call assistant to create a text stream of the words spoken by a hearing user, the text stream being transmitted to the captioned telephone device; the microprocessor programmed to operate the device to receive the voice of the hearing user via the microphone, transmit the received voice to the relay, receive the text stream transmitted by the relay, and present the text stream via the display for viewing by the assisted user.