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Offenders routinely employ caller ID spoofing, social engineering tactics, voice masking technology, and even tactics teletypewriter (TTY) technology (a phone system designed for people who have hearing or speech impairments) to mask their identity or pose as a victim.
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Caroline Linton, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2024
The Lifeline has offered teletypewriter, text and chat tools that are accessible for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, but Wesolowski noted that some of those options may not feel as personal for some users.
—Kelly Livingston, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
The teletypewriter process is burdensome, especially if both parties don’t have access to one, Robertson said.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2019
For example, a deaf inmate trying to talk with a deaf person outside must first type a message into the teletypewriter.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2019
Baudot’s teletype machine, also called a teletypewriter, used a five-key keyboard, write Froehlich and Kent.
—Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 11 Sep. 2017
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Caroline Linton, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2024
The Lifeline has offered teletypewriter, text and chat tools that are accessible for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, but Wesolowski noted that some of those options may not feel as personal for some users.
—Kelly Livingston, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
The teletypewriter process is burdensome, especially if both parties don’t have access to one, Robertson said.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2019
For example, a deaf inmate trying to talk with a deaf person outside must first type a message into the teletypewriter.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2019
Baudot’s teletype machine, also called a teletypewriter, used a five-key keyboard, write Froehlich and Kent.
—Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 11 Sep. 2017
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“Teletypewriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teletypewriter. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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teletypewriter
noun
tele·type·writ·er
ˌtel-ə-ˈtīp-ˌrīt-ər 
: a printing device resembling a typewriter that is used to send and receive signals over telephone lines
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