A captioning relay for captioning hearing user (HU) voice signals comprising a plurality of separate captioning resources and a captioning administrator module that receives HU voice signal segments corresponding to a plurality of separate ongoing calls between HUs and AUs and provides the voice signal segments in a first in, first out order to the captioning resources, the administrator module providing each voice signal segment from each call to any one of the captioning resources to be captioned without regard to which captioning resource captioned prior voice signal segments generated during the call and, the administrator module further receiving caption segments back from the captioning resources and providing those captioning segments to AU devices associated with the calls that generated corresponding HU voice signal segments, and wherein the number of captioning resources is less than the number of ongoing calls.

A captioning relay for captioning hearing user (HU) voice signals comprising a plurality of separate captioning resources and a captioning administrator module that receives HU voice signal segments corresponding to a plurality of separate ongoing calls between HUs and AUs and provides the voice signal segments in a first in, first out order to the captioning resources, the administrator module providing each voice signal segment from each call to any one of the captioning resources to be captioned without regard to which captioning resource captioned prior voice signal segments generated during the call and, the administrator module further receiving caption segments back from the captioning resources and providing those captioning segments to AU devices associated with the calls that generated corresponding HU voice signal segments, and wherein the number of captioning resources is less than the number of ongoing calls.

A method may include obtaining a first audio signal including first speech originating at a remote device during a communication session between the remote device and a communication device and obtaining a second audio signal including second speech originating at the communication device during the communication session between the remote device and the communication device. The method may also include obtaining a characteristic of the communication session from one or more of: the first audio signal, the second audio signal, and settings of the communication device and determining a hearing level of a user of the communication device using the characteristic of the communication session.

A method to present communications may include captioning, by a human assistant during a call between a first user using a first captioning telephone device and a second user using a second telephone device, words spoken by the second user into the second telephone device. The method may also include presenting the captioned words on a first display of the first captioning telephone device, receiving text typed into the second telephone device by the second user, and presenting the received text on the first display of the first captioning telephone device.

A method to present communications may include captioning, by a human assistant during a call between a first user using a first captioning telephone device and a second user using a second telephone device, words spoken by the second user into the second telephone device. The method may also include presenting the captioned words on a first display of the first captioning telephone device, receiving text typed into the second telephone device by the second user, and presenting the received text on the first display of the first captioning telephone device.

A method to present communications may include captioning, by a human assistant during a call between a first user using a first captioning telephone device and a second user using a second telephone device, words spoken by the second user into the second telephone device. The method may also include presenting the captioned words on a first display of the first captioning telephone device, receiving text typed into the second telephone device by the second user, and presenting the received text on the first display of the first captioning telephone device.

A tactile wearable device in a communication system, the tactile wearable device comprising: at least two switches arranged to receive first tactile information from user in a sequence, at least two tactile actuators arranged to provide second tactile information to a user in a sequence, and wireless communication means arranged to transmit information to and from a wireless device.

Disclosed in the present invention are a mobile terminal-based HAC system and an implementation method thereof. The mobile terminal-based HAC system comprises a mobile terminal and a coil accessory; the coil accessory comprises an audio plug and a magnetic induction coil connected to the audio plug; the mobile terminal comprises a mobile terminal body, a main board, an audio interface circuit and an audio jack, the main board and the audio interface circuit are provided in the mobile terminal body, the audio jack is formed on a side edge of the mobile terminal body, and the main board, the audio interface circuit, and the audio jack are connected in sequence.

A communication system and method usable to facilitate communication between a hearing user and an assisted user. In particular, the system employs a wireless portable tablet or other portable electronic computing device linked to a captioning enabled phone as a remote interface for that phone, thereby providing an assisted user with more options, more freedom, and improved usability of the system.

A captioning relay for captioning hearing user (HU) voice signals comprising a plurality of separate captioning resources and a captioning administrator module that receives HU voice signal segments corresponding to a plurality of separate ongoing calls between HUs and AUs and provides the voice signal segments in a first in, first out order to the captioning resources, the administrator module providing each voice signal segment from each call to any one of the captioning resources to be captioned without regard to which captioning resource captioned prior voice signal segments generated during the call and, the administrator module further receiving caption segments back from the captioning resources and providing those captioning segments to AU devices associated with the calls that generated corresponding HU voice signal segments, and wherein the number of captioning resources is less than the number of ongoing calls.