18. A method of operating an assisted user's captioning device for providing captioned services to an assisted user communicating with a hearing person, the method comprising the steps of: providing a relay for producing captioned text of a telephonic communication, the relay including a relay 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, an activation switch and a captioned device processor, the display and activation switch in communication with the captioned device processor, the activation switch selectable by the assisted user to commence a captioning service, the captioned device configured to perform the steps of: (i) receiving words spoken by the hearing person on the first communication link; (ii) broadcasting the words spoken by the hearing person to the assisted user via the speaker substantially in real time as the words spoken by the hearing person are received by the captioned device; (iii) after at least some words spoken by the hearing person are broadcast to an ear of the assisted user, receiving an indication via the assisted user's captioned device that the activation switch has been selected, initiating a connection to the relay over the second communication link in response to receiving the indication and providing the voice of 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 a text message stream; (iv) receiving the text message stream from the relay over the second communication link; and (v) displaying the received text message stream on the display; the relay configured to perform the steps of: (i) transcribing the words received via the second communication link and 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.
18. A method of operating an assisted user's captioning device for providing captioned services to an assisted user communicating with a hearing person, the method comprising the steps of: providing a relay for producing captioned text of a telephonic communication, the relay including a relay 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, an activation switch and a captioned device processor, the display and activation switch in communication with the captioned device processor, the activation switch selectable by the assisted user to commence a captioning service, the captioned device configured to perform the steps of: (i) receiving words spoken by the hearing person on the first communication link; (ii) broadcasting the words spoken by the hearing person to the assisted user via the speaker substantially in real time as the words spoken by the hearing person are received by the captioned device; (iii) after at least some words spoken by the hearing person are broadcast to an ear of the assisted user, receiving an indication via the assisted user's captioned device that the activation switch has been selected, initiating a connection to the relay over the second communication link in response to receiving the indication and providing the voice of 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 a text message stream; (iv) receiving the text message stream from the relay over the second communication link; and (v) displaying the received text message stream on the display; the relay configured to perform the steps of: (i) transcribing the words received via the second communication link and 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. 21. The method of claim 18 wherein the step of receiving the text message stream includes receiving a digital communication stream.