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I am for all practical purposes, deaf, and confession has been a challenge, but that hasn't stopped me. What I do is first tell the priest I'm unable to discern what's being said. They all nod okay.

Then I read off my list of sins which I keep during the week for memory's sake. I have no trouble speaking, however, sometimes I'm sorta loud (-lol- one day, before I adjusted my volume as per my husband's kind suggestion as he was waiting next in line, I think everyone else heard my sins too).

Anyway, I always do face-to-face, to try to read lips, and stay in the sequence of the confession, which isn't that hard to do. A couple of weeks ago, I asked the priest to list one portion of my penance, because I just wasn't picking it up, and he wrote down, "say your penance for Pope Francis." Most priests that I've seen won't write stuff down for you, though, but instead of using a computer system (I'm assuming this means confessing from home?!), the priest could simply have an IPhone or similar, and type out his suggestions right there "in the box." Then he could erase them. If he doesn't know how to type, he could just write them down, and throw away the paper afterwards. I would appreciate something like that.

I'm assuming this means confessing from home?!

No. This computer has been developed strictly for use at the parish level. The entire confession is erased upon its completion. If your parish had such a device, would you find it easier?