On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Matthew Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > 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.
Oh, you might also be remembering I had ... "TTY and text telephones for the deaf". But I removed "for the deaf", when Peter/Kevin (one or both) complained about three mentions of the word "deaf" due to the overemphasis on the word, despite its clear application there. So I toned it down somewhat, reducing three mentions of "deaf" in Introduction to just one mention.
