A long-distance “writing telephone” has been invented by the Deaf Technic in Munich, West Germany, for use by the deaf. For information to be exchanged it is essential that both the caller and receiver have a special electronic machine. A connection is made when the handset of a normal telephone is connected to the machine and a number dialled. A message is then typed on a keyboard and comes out at the other end on a tape. Sounds at a particular pitch can also be recognised by the machine and printed out as corresponding letters. Quietness is necessary when placing a call, as other sounds will be accepted by the machine and confessed.
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Press, 3 October 1983, Page 12
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113A long-distance “writing telephone” has been invented by the Deaf Technic in Munich, West Germany, for use by the deaf. For information to be exchanged it is essential that both the caller and receiver have a special electronic machine. A connection is made when the handset of a normal telephone is connected to the machine and a number dialled. A message is then typed on a keyboard and comes out at the other end on a tape. Sounds at a particular pitch can also be recognised by the machine and printed out as corresponding letters. Quietness is necessary when placing a call, as other sounds will be accepted by the machine and confessed. Press, 3 October 1983, Page 12
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