[Asterisk-Users] ToIP (TDD over IP)

Steve Underwood steveu at coppice.org
Mon Dec 22 18:42:04 MST 2003


Tilghman Lesher wrote:

>On Monday 22 December 2003 10:12, Philipp von Klitzing wrote:
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>>Hi!
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>>>I'm also curious if anyone else is doing this or if anyone else
>>>is using the Asterisk TDD support.
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>>Excuse my ignorance: What exactly is TDD? Is it US specific?
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>It's a specification for sending words over a normal telephone,
>normally used by the deaf.  It resembles the old-style modems in
>that the handset is interfaced with a microphone and speaker.
>This allows TDD to be used with payphones, which do not have
>an RJ-11 interface.
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>-Tilghman
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Does anyone use this any more? All the deaf people here carry 
cellphones, and use SMS to communicate.

Regards,
Steve





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