A relay system using a call assistant for facilitating communication between a hearing user and an assisted user, the system comprising a relay at the location of the call assistant, the relay including a personal computer with voice recognition software trained to the voice of the call assistant to translate the words spoken by the call assistant into a digital text stream containing the words spoken by the call assistant; a captioned telephone device at the location of the assisted user and including a display visible to the assisted user; and internet protocol connections between the hearing user and the relay and between the assisted user and the relay; the system connected such that if the call assistant repeats the words spoken by the hearing user, the digital text stream created by the relay results in the words spoken by the hearing user appearing as text on the display of the captioned telephone device in the presence of the assisted user. view more

A method of operating a captioned telephone service, the method comprising the steps of arranging a telephone call between an assisted user and a remote user so that words spoken by the remote user are also transmitted to a relay; at the relay, a call assistant listening to the words spoken by the remote user and re-voicing the words into a computer with voice recognition software trained to the voice of the call assistant to create a text stream of the words spoken by the remote user, the relay transmitting the text stream by internet protocol to the assisted user; and the assisted user using a captioned telephone device that receives the text stream from the relay by internet protocol and displays the text on a visually readable display for the assisted user. view more

A method for providing captioned telephone service to an assisted user communicating with a hearing user, the assisted user using a telephone station to communicate with a relay having speech to text translation capability, the hearing user speaking words in voice, the method comprising the steps of initiating a telephone call over a first telephone line directly between the assisted user and the hearing user; the assisted user initiating a telephone connection over a second telephone line to the relay; at the station of the assisted user, the station transmitting the voice of the hearing user over the second telephone line to the relay; at the relay, converting the words spoken by the hearing user into text using voice recognition computer software; transmitting the text created by the relay back to the station of the assisted user over the second telephone line; and displaying the text to a captioned telephone display device within sight of the assisted user such that captioning of the communication session is provided to the assisted users. view more

A method for providing captioned telephone service to an assisted user communicating over a first telephone line with a hearing user using a captioned telephone device, the hearing user speaking words in voice, the method comprising the steps of while the assisted user is conversing over the first telephone line with the hearing user over a first direct telephone connection between the assisted user and the hearing user, the assisted user operating a control on the captioned telephone device to initiate a captioning service; the captioned telephone device initiating a telephone connection over a second telephone line to the relay; the captioned telephone device transmitting the voice of the hearing user over the second telephone line to the relay so that the relay can convert the words of the hearing user into text using voice recognition software to create the text; the relay transmitting the text created by the relay back to the station of the assisted user over the second telephone line to the captioned telephone device; and the captioned telephone device displaying the text within the sight of the assisted user such that captioning of the words spoken by the hearing user is provided to the assisted user. view more

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. view more

A method of operating a relay system using a call assistant to facilitate communication between a hearing user and an assisted user by telephone, the hearing user speaking words in voice, the method comprising the steps of</claim-text> transmitting oice of the hearing user when speaking to the ear of the call assistant; the call assistant speaking in voice the same words that the call assistant hears spoken by the hearing user into a microphone connected to a digital computer; the digital computer using voice recognition computer software trained to the voice of the call assistant to translate the words of the voice spoken by the call assistant into a digital text message stream containing the words spoken by the call assistant; transmitting both the digital text message stream and the voice of the hearing user by telephone connection to the assisted user; displaying the digital text message stream to a captioned telephone display device within sight of the assisted person; and transmitting the voice of the hearing user to the assisted user. view more

A relay to facilitate communication between a deaf person using a telecommunication device for the deaf and a hearing person through a telephone system and using a call assistant, the relay comprising</claim-text> a speaker connected to receive voice nications from the telephone system and transmit those voice communications to the ear of the call assistant; a microphone connected to pickup voice spoken by the call assistant; a digital computer connected to the microphone, the computer programmed to use a voice recognition computer software package trained to the voice of the call assistant to translate the words spoken in voice by the call assistant into a digital text stream; and a modem connected to the digital computer to transit the digital text stream created by the computer over the telephone system to the telecommunication device for the deaf of the deaf person. view more

A relay to facilitate communication between a digital telecommunication device and a hearing person through a telephone system and using a call assistant, the relay comprising</claim-text> a speaker connected to receive voice communications from the hone system and transmit those voice communications to the ear of the call assistant; a microphone connected to pickup voice spoken by the call assistant; a digital computer connected to the microphone, the computer programmed to use a voice recognition computer software package trained to the voice of the call assistant to translate the words spoken in voice by the call assistant into a digital text stream; and a modem connected to the digital computer to transit the digital text stream created by the computer over the telephone system to the telecommunication device. view more

A method of operating a relay system using a call assistant to facilitate communication between a deaf person and a hearing person by telephone comprising the steps of transmitting the voice of the hearing person when speaking to the ear of the call assistant; the call assistant speaking in voice the same words that the call assistant hears spoken by the hearing person into a microphone connected to a digital computer; the digital computer using voice recognition computer software trained to the voice of the call assistant to translate the words of the voice spoken by the call assistant into a digital text message stream containing the words spoken by the call assistant; transmitting the digital text message stream created by the computer by telephone connection to a telecommunication device within sight of the deaf person; and the telecommunication device displaying in visually readable text the words in the digital text message stream. view more

A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein there is a single telephone line of the telephone system used to communication between the call assistant and the hearing person and the call assistant and the deaf person, the digital text message stream and the voice of the hearing person both being transmitted over that single telephone line. view more

A method of operating a captioned telephone service, the method comprising the steps of: providing words spoken by a remote user to a relay; at the relay, a call assistant listening to the words spoken by the remote user and re-voicing the words into a computer with voice recognition software trained to the voice of the call assistant to create a text stream of the words spoken by the remote user; and presenting the text stream to an assisted user via a display. view more

The method of claim 7 wherein the step of providing words spoken by a remote user to a relay includes the steps of receiving the words spoken at a captioned telephone device and transmitting the words spoken from the captioned telephone device to the relay via one of a cellular connection and a wireless data connection. view more

The method of claim 7 wherein the step of providing words spoken by a remote user to a relay includes the transmitting the words spoken to the relay via an IP.

The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the another block of text with a first device and transmitting the another block of text to the at least one electronic device.

The method of claim 3, wherein generating another block of text comprises: identifying one or more errors within the first block of text of the text caption; and generating the another block of text including the first block of text of the text caption having each of the one or more errors replaced with corrected text within the text caption. view more

The method of claim 4, wherein displaying the another block of text further comprises tagging the corrected text within the text caption.

The method of claim 5, wherein tagging the corrected text comprises highlighting the corrected text within the text caption.

The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the text caption on a first device and transmitting the text caption to the at least one electronic device.

The communication system of claim 9, wherein the at least one application program is further configured to tag at least one word of the another block of text within the text caption as a corrected word.

The communication system of claim 9, wherein the at least one application program is further configured to display at least one word within the text caption having the one or more blocks of text of the text caption replaced by the another block of text as highlighted. view more

The communication system of claim 9, wherein a highlighted word is indicative of a corrected word.

The communication system of claim 9, wherein the at least one application program is further configured to replace at least one block of text of the text caption with the another block of text and display the text caption on the display of the communication device substantially simultaneously. view more

A computer-readable media storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method for providing error correction in a text caption, the method comprising: displaying a text caption representing a text transcription of a voice signal transmitted between a first device and a second device, the text caption including at least one block of text; and displaying another block of text within the text caption on at least one of the first device and the second device by replacing the at least one block of text by the another block of text at a location of the at least one block of text within the text caption. view more

The computer-readable media storage medium of claim 14, wherein displaying the another block of text within the text caption includes identifying at least one word within the another block of text with a tag.

The computer-readable media storage medium of claim 15, wherein identifying at least one word within the another block of text with a tag comprises highlighting the at least one word.

A method, comprising: generating a text caption as a text transcription of a voice signal; transmitting the text caption to a communication device; identifying an error in a block of text within the text caption; and transmitting a corrected block of text to the communication device as an inline correction for the text caption to replace the block of text within the text caption with the corrected block of text at a proper location as produced in the voice signal during communication between at least two parties. view more

The method of claim 17, wherein the error is a disagreement between the text caption and what was stated in the voice signal.

The method of claim 17, wherein transmitting the text caption and the corrected block of text includes transmitting data from a relay service including a call assistant to facilitate communication between a hearing-impaired user and a hearing-capable user. view more

The method of claim 19, further comprising receiving the voice signal at the relay service for generating the text transcription of the voice signal.

The method of claim 20, further comprising generating the text transcription of the voice signal by employing a voice recognition program.

The method of claim 21, wherein generating the text caption includes the call assistant revoicing words heard from the voice signal for the voice recognition program to generate the text caption.

The method of claim 19, further comprising displaying the text caption on a communication device associated with the call assistant.

The method of claim 17, further comprising a call assistant generating the corrected block of text by inputting edits into the block of text prior to the corrected block of text being transmitted to the communication device.

A method, comprising: displaying a text caption on a communication device, the text caption corresponding to a text transcription of at least a portion of a voice signal of a conversation between at least two parties; receiving a corrected block of text for at least one block of text within the text caption; displaying the corrected block of text within the text caption as an inline correction during the conversation, such that the corrected block of text appears within the text caption in place of the at least one block of text; and indicating that the corrected block of text replaced the at least one block of text. view more

The method of claim 25, wherein indicating that the corrected block of text replaced the at least one block of text includes highlighting the corrected block of text within the text caption.

The method of claim 25, further comprising: receiving the voice signal first by the communication device; transmitting the voice signal to a relay service for generating the text transcription of the voice signal; receiving the text transcription from the relay service and displaying the text caption in response thereto; and receiving the corrected block of text from the relay service and displaying the corrected block of text within the text caption in response thereto. view more

The method of claim 25, wherein the corrected block of text is selected from the group consisting of at least one word, at least one sentence, and at least one line of text.

A method, comprising: displaying a text caption on a communication device, the text caption corresponding to a text transcription of at least a portion of a voice signal of a conversation between at least two parties; replacing at least one block of text of the text caption with a corrected block of text; displaying the corrected block of text within the text caption as an inline correction during the conversation, such that the corrected block of text appears within the text caption in a proper location as produced in the voice signal, wherein replacing at least one block of text with a corrected block of text and displaying the corrected block of text within the text caption occur at least substantially simultaneously; and indicating that the corrected block of text replaced the block of text. view more

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