Too Much

All I want is a simple texting service for my home phone.
As home phone service becomes obsolete - a new niche for providers must be created.

Caption Phone does just that - but for deaf clients... and at a premium.

Wouldn't a simple home phone texting service do the same thing, and for less?

Desirable services are supposed to make things easier - not more complex.
Verizon effed up in thinking that the world would buy a hybrid telephone/computer.
What is really needed is a simple texting service for home phones for those days when you don't really feel like talking to the person with whom you're trying to keep in touch