CapTelPhone

The CapTel phone works like any other telephone with one important addition: it shows captions of everything you caller says during a phone call. You can listen to the caller and read written captions in the CapTel display window.

FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS ANYONE BUT REGISTERED USERS WITH HEARING LOSS FROM USING INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) CAPTIONED TELEPHONES WITH THE CAPTIONS TURNED ON. Automatic speech recognition software generates captions of what the other party to the call says, and, in certain circumstances, a live communication assistant may be included on the call to make needed corrections and/or add call details. There is a cost for each minute of captions generated, paid from a federally administered fund. No cost is passed on to the CapTel user. CapTel is intended exclusively for people with hearing loss. (v2.9 01-25)