1. 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 includes an activation button which, when selected, initiates a communication link with the relay and transmission of the hearing user's voice signal to the relay for transcription into text.
1. 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 includes an activation button which, when selected, initiates a communication link with the relay and transmission of the hearing user's voice signal to the relay for transcription into text. 2. The communication system of claim 1 wherein the captioned device establishes communication with the hard of hearing user's phone device via an acoustic coupling to the hard of hearing user's phone device.