SYSTEM FOR TEXT ASSISTED TELEPHONY
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1. A communication system comprising:
- a hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device, the captioned device including a display screen and a processor, the processor in the captioned device configured to;
establish communication with a hard of hearing user'"'"'s phone device that is independent of the hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device;
receive a text communication originating at a relay, the text communication corresponding to a transcription of the hearing user'"'"'s voice signal; and
display a text caption corresponding to the text communication on the display of the hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device;
wherein at least one of the captioned device and the hard of hearing user'"'"'s phone device is configured to establish a first communication link directly with the relay for routing the hearing user'"'"'s voice signal to the relay.
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Abstract
A communication system including a hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device, the captioned device including a display screen and a processor. The processor in the captioned device is configured to: establish communication with a hard of hearing user'"'"'s phone device that is independent of the hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device, receive a text communication originating at a relay, the text communication corresponding to a transcription of the hearing user'"'"'s voice signal, and display a text caption corresponding to the text communication on the display of the hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device.
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1. A communication system comprising:
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a hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device, the captioned device including a display screen and a processor, the processor in the captioned device configured to; establish communication with a hard of hearing user'"'"'s phone device that is independent of the hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device; receive a text communication originating at a relay, the text communication corresponding to a transcription of the hearing user'"'"'s voice signal; and display a text caption corresponding to the text communication on the display of the hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device; wherein at least one of the captioned device and the hard of hearing user'"'"'s phone device is configured to establish a first communication link directly with the relay for routing the hearing user'"'"'s voice signal to the relay. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A communication system comprising:
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a hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device, the captioned device including a display screen and a processor, the processor of the captioned device configured to; establish communication with a hard of hearing user'"'"'s phone device that is independent of the hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device; receive a text communication originating at a relay, the text communication corresponding to a transcription of the hearing user'"'"'s voice signal; and display a text caption corresponding to the text communication on the display of the hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device; wherein the captioned device further comprises an input device configured to detect a selection of a caption option, wherein the processor is configured to establish a communication link to the relay responsive to selection of the caption button and to transmit the hearing user'"'"'s voice signal to the relay after the communication link is established.
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29. A communication system comprising:
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a hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device, the captioned device including a display screen and a processor, the captioned device configured to; establish communication with a hard of hearing user'"'"'s wireless phone device that is independent of the hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device; receive a hearing user'"'"'s voice signal originating at a hearing user'"'"'s phone device from the hard of hearing user'"'"'s phone device; establish a first communication link with a relay; route the hearing user'"'"'s voice signal via the first communication link to the relay for transcription; receive a text communication originating at the relay on a second communication link that is separate from the first communication link, the text communication corresponding to a transcription of the hearing user'"'"'s voice signal; and display a text caption corresponding to the text communication on the display.
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30. A communication system, comprising:
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a hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device, the captioned device including a display screen and a processor, the processor of the captioned device configured to; establish communication with a hard of hearing user'"'"'s phone device that is independent of the hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device; receive a text communication originating at a relay, the text communication corresponding to a transcription of the hearing user'"'"'s voice signal; and display a text caption corresponding to the text communication on the display of the hard of hearing user'"'"'s captioned device; wherein the captioned device establishes communication with the hard of hearing user'"'"'s phone device such that the hearing user'"'"'s voice signal is received at the captioned device.
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