9. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of initiating the second communication link occurs after the step of establishing a voice call on the first communication link.
1. A method for providing captioned services to an assisted user communicating with a hearing person, the method comprising the steps of: providing a relay for providing captioned text of a telephonic communication, the relay including a computer, a relay input device and a relay display screen; providing an assisted user's captioned device that is linkable to at least first and second communication links, the captioned device including a display, a speaker, a microphone, a caption switch and a captioned device processor, the caption switch controllable by the assisted user to invoke a captioning service, the processor in communication with the caption switch and the display, the captioned device configured to perform the steps of: (i) initiating a voice call on the first communication link between the hearing person and the assisted user's captioned device during which voice communication occurs between the assisted user speaking into the microphone and the hearing person; (ii) while the voice call is progressing on the first communication link, receiving an indication that the caption switch has been selected via the assisted user's captioning device invoking the captioning service; (iii) initiating the second communication link from the captioned device processor to the relay for producing captioned text; (iv) after the second communication link is established, receiving words spoken in voice by a hearing person on the first communication link; (v) providing the words spoken by the hearing person over the second communication link to the relay so that the relay can convert the words spoken by the hearing person into text; (vi) receiving text corresponding to the converted words transmitted from the relay; (vii) displaying the received text on the display; and (viii) broadcasting the voice of the hearing person via the speaker; and the relay configured to perform the steps of: (i) transcribing the words spoken by the hearing person into a text message stream; (ii) displaying the text message stream on the relay display screen; (iii) receiving corrections to the text message stream entered by a call assistant using the relay input device to generate corrected text; and (iv) transmitting the corrected text to the captioned device for display to the assisted user.