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From: Jack.O'keeffe@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe)
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Subject: Re: New TDD's
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Date: 23 Jul 90 20:28:39 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 JO> It's supposed to speak both ASCII and Baudot.  Actually,
 JO> Baudot is a very sick horse . . Give it 5 more years max.

Wayne, here are a couple of insightful quotes from the June 1990
issue of "Hearing Journal"

R. T. Gregg of U. S. Telephone association re: Dual Party Relays.

"My guess is that the need for this type of application will
diminish, simply because the linkage between the computer and
the telephone will become so nebulous that a computer keyboard
and a telephone handset will be one and the same instrument.
There are people alrady working on transcribing voice directly
without any human interface."

Rocky Stone of S.H.H.H. re: TDDs

"Because of the expense of TDDs, you can't expect people to replace
them as soon as new technology is available.  So for 10 or 15 more
years, the TDD is going to be a factor, even though from a
technological point of view it is already becoming obsolete."

Jack.

... Live, from Beaver County, it's . . . .

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