Display of session captions on an endpoint using off-endpoint caption generation

An apparatus for captioning a communication session on an endpoint display, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media;
• a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the apparatus to:
• receive, over a local connection, communication signaling in real time from a first endpoint of the communication session, wherein the first endpoint received the communication signaling from a second endpoint over the communication session;
• perform real-time processing on the communication signaling to generate captions of words identified in the communication signaling;
• and
• transmit the captions in real time to the first endpoint over the local connection, wherein the first endpoint presents the captions to a user of the first endpoint in real time.

An apparatus for captioning a communication session on an endpoint display, the apparatus comprising:

• a display;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the apparatus to:
• receive user communications over the communication session from an endpoint on the communication session;
• transmit the user communications in real time to an adjunct device via a channel separate from the communication session;
• receive, from the adjunct device via the channel, real time captions generated by the adjunct device from the user communications;
• and
• display the real time captions in real time on the display.