Ideal for people with some degree of hearing loss, the Captioned Telephone works like any other telephone with one important addition: It displays every word the caller says throughout the conversation. CapTel users can listen to the caller, and can also read the written captions in the CapTel's bright display window.

This is cool technology for people who have difficulty making telephone calls due to the inability to hear. If cost is an issue people can apply to get this phone free of charge.