Meaning & use
Teletypewriter
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An electromechanical device used to send and receive typed messages over a communication line, once common for telegraphy and later adapted for use by deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
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Newsrooms once relied on the constant clatter of teletypewriters to receive breaking wire stories.
Before video relay services existed, many deaf users communicated by phone using a teletypewriter.
A note on using this word
Often abbreviated "TTY," the teletypewriter became especially important as an early assistive communication technology for the deaf community.
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