Text Telephones (TTY)

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  • Are Text Telephones becoming a thing of the past?
  • What is replacing TTYs?
  • Are these TTY Abbreviations up-to-date and accurate?
  • Why are these modem type phones so costly?
  • What should a novice need to know about TTY technology and its future?

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Thanks for you input! :ty:
 
AquaBlue said:
  • Are Text Telephones becoming a thing of the past? ----Yes becoming history
  • What is replacing TTYs?----- Videophone
  • Are these TTY Abbreviations up-to-date and accurate? -----Yeah we use abbreviations to make phone conversation faster
  • Why are these modem type phones so costly? ----Because it have special computer communication to another I guess
  • What should a novice need to know about TTY technology and its future? ---- Well the future is VP, and they should know more, TTY is past and going extinct one of the day

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Thanks for you input! :ty:
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My guess :)
 
So forget about learning the TTY Abbreviations, right? Where can learn more about video phones?
 
Pictures of my TTYs

My 1st TTY
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My 2nd TTY
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My 3rd (last) TTY (with VCO)
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Sunshine1 said:
My 1st TTY
My1stTTY.jpg


My 2nd TTY
My2ndTTY.gif


My 3rd (last) TTY (with VCO)
My3rdTTY.jpg
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Wow, these old TTY monster machine at old elemetery and high school (both mainstreams), most deaf students use on old TTY monster machine, they replaced with portable TTYs.
 
Quite interesting is that the TTY is going into existence. We are just still holding onto our TTYs but rarely now. The companies have no reasons to sell them anymore.
 
oh really haha. Well I got this first TTY from one of my friends for free back in early 80's. It was really loud when you were typing or receiving messages. Boyeee. I call it as an antique. Also back years ago it was used in newspaper companies.

PowerWCRulez said:
Wow, these old TTY monster machine at old elemetery and high school (both mainstreams), most deaf students use on old TTY monster machine, they replaced with portable TTYs.
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Sunshine1 said:
oh really haha. Well I got this first TTY from one of my friends for free back in early 80's. It was really loud when you were typing or receiving messages. Boyeee. I call it as an antique. Also back years ago it was used in newspaper companies.
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Isn't it similar like Morse Code, when your communicating with someone in the other side of somewhat somewhere else?
 
I'm not familair what's Morse Code is.

Need to have phone line to get it working. I will look up internet for a better picture so you will see there is another device where you can put phone receiver placed. I will get back to you.

Jclarke said:
Isn't it similar like Morse Code, when your communicating with someone in the other side of somewhat somewhere else?
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I stopped using TTY since 2003 I think....since the Video phone came out. :)
 
Sunshine1 said:
I'm not familair what's Morse Code is.

Need to have phone line to get it working. I will look up internet for a better picture so you will see there is another device where you can put phone receiver placed. I will get back to you.
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Sorry, that is the first time I have ever seen a old model in the early 80's. In australia, our old TTY, where it was released for the first time in 1979 was a bit similar to the second TTY you had. (I have the modern one at work atm)
 
Oh no ... that model wasn't made back in 80's. It wasn't use for TTY for the purpose. It was use in newspaper company for telegrams (couldn't think of a better name) back in 60's, Even before that it was used back in military years ago too. Now someone got the idea to use it as TTY back in 70's and it worked!

Jclarke said:
Sorry, that is the first time I have ever seen a old model in the early 80's. In australia, our old TTY, where it was released for the first time in 1979 was a bit similar to the second TTY you had. (I have the modern one at work atm)
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Sunshine1 said:
Oh no ... that model wasn't made back in 80's. It wasn't use for TTY for the purpose. It was use in newspaper company for telegrams (couldn't think of a better name) back in 60's, Even before that it was used back in military years ago too. Now someone got the idea to use it as TTY back in 70's and it worked!
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Now, I understand :) Thank you for the clarification!
 
Cheri said:
Aww u dont have VP-200, What about VP-100?
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Nope, we don't even have these VP -100 either, in australia, we have these Ojo VP's, they're very expensive to purchase and rarely found in stores unfortunately. Deaf people, like us, can't afford it. BUt to be honest here, not one person in Australia has a VP -- well, only a few, not that many.
 
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