CTS - Captioned Telephone Service

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Washington state’s Analog Captioned Telephone Service was discontinued on Jan. 1, 2025, due to extremely low usage. The Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH) will neither provide analog captioned telephone services nor distribute analog captioned telephones through the Telephone Equipment Distribution Program.  

Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service is available nationwide. You can get an IP-Captioned telephone from service providers certified by the Federal Communications Commission. The service providers are listed below. If you do not have access to the internet or a cell phone/hot spot, please contact Kelly Robison, Telephone Equipment Distribution program manager at 360-819-0913 (voice, text, or FaceTime), or by email at Kelly.Robison@dshs.wa.gov to discuss possible options.   

Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service Providers 

CaptionCall, LLC  
https://www.captioncall.com 

CaptionMate, LLC  
https://www.captionmate.com 

ClearCaptions, LLC 
http://www.clearcaptions.com  

Global Caption 
https://www.globalcaption.com  

Hamilton Relay, Inc. 
www.hamiltoncaptel.com  

InnoCaption 
https://www.innocaption.com 

Nagish, Inc.  
https://nagish.com  

 NexTalk, Inc. 
https://nextalk.com 

Rogervoice 
https://rogervoice.com