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On Aug 22, 2012, at 14:42, Mark Rejhon wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Matthew Miller > <[email protected]> wrote: >> * Teletypewriter (TTY) and Text Device for the Deaf (TDD) telephones >> [citations recommended] > > Consulted with some peers. > > TTY expansion to Teletypewriter -- OK, good idea. > TDD is actually correctly "Telecommunications Device for the Deaf", > but it is deprecated usage right now by most U.S. accessibility > organizations, in favour of TTY. Europeans ofte use "textphones", and > variants thereof. > > Also, the phrase "text telephones" is more compatible and > self-explanatory with the European equivalent of TTY, "textphones". > > It's somewhat political behind the scenes in the various communities, > so changes to this bullet will need to be done very carefully. I > spent many hours rewording just the Introduction as a result. > > Mark Rejhon That's fine. I accept I operate under obsolete assumptions sometimes (-: But it's important that all acronyms are expanded the first time they are used, and even better to include an authoritative citation. - - m&m Matthew A. Miller <http://goo.gl/LK55L> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQNUUIAAoJEJq6Ou0cgrSPpTgIALSX5B5BtoNs9aX7cWYATnp4 iiUx63kkjyT5/zhuCZKKlRsZvWcr9hc5sQ2Dlhm0Uythc5VJhmYh2cCwqa6IxMDc zc0wgy0yCodmouhVJQYJ/S7yNb2hSfaBzix6LwuS4WyySV2z+/wLQrrZrCOrU1ur UfrBmUL6r7cpFKTsnCx3vK963Vl1/ez/ds1pLEFkeSXYpVU+qs7VHH5vLWcdQVIj 7aWEidVDH/+pU/l3WuXyzv9vwr1W6fIa2aOY8DUNyQWMlcZnjrVtisQ3oUQuIMtX 814rwLw6AJPWSwJZdNLKF6Er39c+NEiLQ3/Dk0eC0wsmYc4ncrrPVbCwP277pAQ= =ILXr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
