Systems and methods for facitating communications involving hearing-impaired parties
First Claim
1. A method for providing communication services for communications between a hearing-impaired party and a hearing party, comprising:
- establishing a voice link with the hearing party;
receiving a first voice message from the hearing party via the voice link;
generating a first text message corresponding to the first voice message using voice recognition; and
transmitting the first text message to the hearing-impaired party.
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Abstract
A method for providing communication services for communications between a hearing-impaired party and a hearing party includes establishing a voice link with the hearing party. The method also includes receiving a voice message from the hearing party via the voice link and generating a text message corresponding to the voice message using voice recognition. The method may also include transmitting the text message to the hearing-impaired party. Optionally, a high speed text input device may also be used with, or instead of, the voice recognition to generate the text message.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for providing communication services for communications between a hearing-impaired party and a hearing party, comprising:
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establishing a voice link with the hearing party;
receiving a first voice message from the hearing party via the voice link;
generating a first text message corresponding to the first voice message using voice recognition; and
transmitting the first text message to the hearing-impaired party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a server configured to;
receive a call from a hearing-impaired party for establishing a communication link to a hearing party, identify a communication assistant, and forward the call to the identified communication assistant; and
a first device associated with the identified communication assistant, the first device being configured to;
receive the forwarded call from the server, establish a voice link with the hearing party, receive a voice message from the hearing party, and generate a text message corresponding to the voice message using voice recognition. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for providing communications services, comprising:
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receiving a call from a hearing-impaired party for establishing a communication link to a hearing party;
identifying a communication assistant;
forwarding the call to the identified communication assistant;
establishing, by the communication assistant, a voice link with the hearing party;
receiving, by the communication assistant, a voice message from the hearing party via the voice link;
generating, by the communication assistant, a text message corresponding to the voice message using a high speed text input device; and
transmitting the text message to the hearing-impaired party. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A system, comprising:
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means for establishing a voice link with a first party;
means for receiving a voice message from the first party via the voice link;
means for automatically generating a text message corresponding to the voice message; and
means for transmitting the text message to a second party. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A system, comprising:
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processing logic configured to;
receive a voice message from a first party, and generate a text message corresponding to the voice message using voice recognition; and
a transmit element configured to transmit the text message to a hearing-impaired party. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A method, comprising:
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receiving a first voice message from a hearing party via a voice link;
generating at least one of a second voice message or a first text message corresponding to the first voice message using voice recognition; and
transmitting the at least one of the second voice message or first text message to the hearing party for verification. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system, comprising:
processing logic configured to;
receive a first voice message from a hearing party via a voice link, generate at least one of a second voice message or a first text message corresponding to the first voice message using voice recognition, and transmit the at least one of the second voice message or first text message to the hearing party for verification. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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