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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2002
Robert M. Engelke, Madison, WI (US);
Kevin Colwell, Middleton, WI (US);
Troy D. Vitek, Madison, WI (US);
Kurt M. Gritner, Madison, WI (US);
Robert M. Engelke, Madison, WI (US);
Kevin Colwell, Middleton, WI (US);
Troy D. Vitek, Madison, WI (US);
Kurt M. Gritner, Madison, WI (US);
Ultratec, Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A relay is described to facilitate communication through the telephone system between hearing users and users who need or desire assistance in understanding voice communications. To overcome the speed limitations inherent in typing, the call assistant at the relay does not type most words but, instead, re-voices the words spoken by the hearing user into a computer operating a voice recognition software package trained to the voice of that call assistant. The text stream created by the computer and the voice of the hearing user are both sent to the assisted user so that the assisted user can be supplied with a visual text stream to supplement the voice communications. A time delay in the transmission of the voice of the hearing user through the relay is of assistance in the assisted user comprehending the communications session.