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Other names for the device include teletypewriter (TTY), textphone (common in Europe), and minicom (United Kingdom). The typical TDD is a device about the size of a typewriter or laptop computer with a QWERTY keyboard and small screen that uses an LED , LCD , or VFD screen to display typed text electronically.
Fulltalk for Windows manufactured by Microflip, Inc. This is an ISA voice modem card meaning it will not work with newer PCI-only computers. The Microflip web site is down and it's assumed this company is no longer in business. Futura-TTY for MS-DOS and maybe Windows manufactured by Phone-TTY, Inc. SoftTTY for the Macintosh.
Teleprinter or teletypewriter (TTY), an electromechanical typewriter paired with a communication channel . Sometimes used more generally for any type of computer terminal. May also be used to refer to a virtual console in Unix-like operating systems
AOL offers a TTY service for deaf or hard-of-hearing users. To get help though this service, contact our TTY phone number at 1-800-759-3323. You must have TTY-enabled ...
PuTTY was originally written for Microsoft Windows, but it has been ported to various other operating systems. Official ports are available for some Unix-like platforms, with work-in-progress ports to Classic Mac OS and macOS, and unofficial ports have been contributed to platforms such as Symbian, [6] [7] Windows Mobile and Windows Phone.
Unix-like operating systems usually label the serial port devices /dev/tty*. TTY is a common trademark-free abbreviation for teletype , a device commonly attached to early computers' serial ports, and * represents a string identifying the specific port; the syntax of that string depends on the operating system and the device.
Once the most common type of TRS call, TTY calls involve a call from a deaf or hard-of-hearing person who utilizes a TTY to a hearing person. In this type of call, typed messages are relayed as voice messages by a TRS operator, [1] (also known as Communication Assistant (CA), [2] Relay Operator (RO), [3] Relay Assistant (RA), [4] or relay agent (agent)), and vice versa.
Teletype teleprinters in use in England during World War II Example of teleprinter art: a portrait of Dag Hammarskjöld, 1962. A teleprinter (teletypewriter, teletype or TTY) is an electromechanical device that can be used to send and receive typed messages through various communications channels, in both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint configurations.