58. A system for providing captioned services to an assisted user communicating with a hearing person, the system comprising: a relay including a relay computer, a relay input device and a relay display screen; a captioned device comprising: a visual display; a speaker; a microphone; an activation switch controllable by the assisted user to, when activated, invoke a captioning service; and a processor, the display and activation switch in communication with the processor, the captioned device configured to perform the steps of: (i) receiving words spoken in voice by the assisted user via the microphone and transmitting the assisted user's voice to the hearing person via the first communication link during a voice conversation between the assisted user and the hearing person; (ii) receiving words spoken by the hearing person on the first communication link during the voice conversation between the assisted user and the hearing person; (iii) broadcasting the words spoken by the hearing person to the assisted user via the speaker; (iv) subsequent to broadcasting at least some words spoken by the hearing person via the speaker, receiving an indication that the activation switch has been activated; (v) upon receiving the indication that the activation switch has been activated, 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; and (vii) displaying the received text on the visual display within sight of the assisted user; 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 used by a call assistant; (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.
58. A system for providing captioned services to an assisted user communicating with a hearing person, the system comprising: a relay including a relay computer, a relay input device and a relay display screen; a captioned device comprising: a visual display; a speaker; a microphone; an activation switch controllable by the assisted user to, when activated, invoke a captioning service; and a processor, the display and activation switch in communication with the processor, the captioned device configured to perform the steps of: (i) receiving words spoken in voice by the assisted user via the microphone and transmitting the assisted user's voice to the hearing person via the first communication link during a voice conversation between the assisted user and the hearing person; (ii) receiving words spoken by the hearing person on the first communication link during the voice conversation between the assisted user and the hearing person; (iii) broadcasting the words spoken by the hearing person to the assisted user via the speaker; (iv) subsequent to broadcasting at least some words spoken by the hearing person via the speaker, receiving an indication that the activation switch has been activated; (v) upon receiving the indication that the activation switch has been activated, 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; and (vii) displaying the received text on the visual display within sight of the assisted user; 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 used by a call assistant; (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. 59. The system of claim 58 wherein only assisted user and hearing person voice signals are transmitted on the first communication link during the voice conversation.