Patent ID: 7003082

Claim:
A captioned telephone device for providing captioned telephone service to an assisted user communicating with a hearing user through a telephone connection using a relay having speech to text translation capability, the hearing user speaking words in voice, the device comprising: a microphone; a speaker; a visually readable display; circuitry to support connection to two telephone lines; and a microprocessor programmed to operate the device to: receive a telephone call over a first telephone line directly between the assisted user and the hearing user; initiate a telephone connection over a second telephone line to the relay; transmit the voice of the hearing user over the second telephone line to the relay so that the relay can converting the words spoken by the hearing user into text and transmit the text created by the relay back to the device over the second telephone line; and display the text on the display within sight of the assisted user such that captioning of the communication session is provided to the assisted user.