55. A method of facilitating communication between an assisted user and a hearing user, the method comprising the steps of: providing a relay including a relay computer, a relay input device and a relay display screen; providing an assisted user's captioning device that is linkable to at least first and second communication links, the captioned device including a speaker, a microphone, a display and a captioned device processor wherein the display is in communication with the processor, the captioned device further including a caption switch selectable to initiate a captioning service, the captioned device configured to perform the steps of: broadcasting via the speaker a hearing user's voice that is received by the captioned device; and while a phone call is progressing, receiving an indication that the caption switch is selected and commencing a captioning service in response to the selection whereby the relay remote from the assisted user's captioned device and the hearing user transcribes the hearing user's voice to generate text; wherein the hearing user's voice is received on a first communication link at the assisted user's captioned device and wherein the step of commencing a captioning service includes initiating a connection over the second communication link to the remote relay to transmit the hearing user's voice to the relay for transcription; the remote relay configured to perform the steps of: (i) transcribing the words spoken by the hearing user 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.
55. A method of facilitating communication between an assisted user and a hearing user, the method comprising the steps of: providing a relay including a relay computer, a relay input device and a relay display screen; providing an assisted user's captioning device that is linkable to at least first and second communication links, the captioned device including a speaker, a microphone, a display and a captioned device processor wherein the display is in communication with the processor, the captioned device further including a caption switch selectable to initiate a captioning service, the captioned device configured to perform the steps of: broadcasting via the speaker a hearing user's voice that is received by the captioned device; and while a phone call is progressing, receiving an indication that the caption switch is selected and commencing a captioning service in response to the selection whereby the relay remote from the assisted user's captioned device and the hearing user transcribes the hearing user's voice to generate text; wherein the hearing user's voice is received on a first communication link at the assisted user's captioned device and wherein the step of commencing a captioning service includes initiating a connection over the second communication link to the remote relay to transmit the hearing user's voice to the relay for transcription; the remote relay configured to perform the steps of: (i) transcribing the words spoken by the hearing user 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. 56. The method of claim 55 wherein the captioned device is further programmed to perform the steps of receiving the corrected text at the captioned device and presenting the corrected text via the display on the assisted user's captioned device.