Fact · Accessibility and health
2007year of FCC approval
The FCC approved Internet Protocol captioned telephone service as a form of relay service in 2007.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The IP CTS was approved by the FCC as a form of relay service in 2007.”
Suggested Best Practices for Audiologists' Determination of Need for Captioned Phone Services, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), n.d., Description of IP CTS.
Open the original- What it measures
- The same page says the FCC has ruled that IP CTS calls are an approved form of relay service that may be paid for from the Interstate TRS Fund.
- What it does not show
- Describes the approval date only. Eligibility and funding rules have changed since then.