23. The communication system of claim 22 wherein the second communication link is a wireless communication link.
22. 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 a 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; and wherein the captioned device receives the text communication from the relay on a second communication link that is independent of the first communication link.