47. The communication system of claim 42 wherein the captioned device comprises a communication connection configured to establish the communication with the hard of hearing user's phone device.
42. A communication system comprising: 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.