I.B.M. system to aid phone discourse by deaf

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IBM has introduced a computer system that will make telephone communication easier for the deaf. The deaf user can type words into the computer, which speaks the words in a synthesized voice. The user at the other end can then use the Touch-Tone keypad of the phone to type out a response, which will appear on the screen of the deaf user's computer. The system will enable deaf workers to perform many more tasks, but IBM is not expected to profit much from sales because of the specialized market. Existing telecommunications products for the deaf, known as T.D.D.s, work only when the person being called has a T.D.D. with which to view and type messages. AT and T plans to offer a service beginning in 1990 which will translate data from a T.D.D. into synthesized voice. Currently AT and T is one of several phone companies that have a service in which an operator with a T.D.D. can read messages from a deaf user to a hearing user.

Telecommunications systems, Design and construction, Communications equipment, Deaf, Deaf persons

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House wares

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Computer manufacturers are introducing microcomputers that are easier to use and less expensive than office PCs. The new products are expected to appeal to students and their parents, and to teachers. IBM offers its PS/1, and Tandy has its T1000 RL; Apple is working on a low-priced Macintosh that will run software written for an Apple II, to ship in the fall or winter of 1990. These products have base prices of $1,000 or less. According to a spokesman for IBM's Educational Systems Division, 'Technology in the classroom, complemented by technology in the home, is a powerful combination.' In-school and at-home applications can, it is thought, enhance both instruction and teacher productivity. The day is not yet here when computers are as much a part of the household as television sets have been, but these new microcomputers are a step in that direction.

Computer industry, Product development, Microcomputers, AAPL, Education, Computer-assisted instruction, Computer assisted instruction, RadioShack Corp., TAN, Apple Inc., New Product, Product Introduction, Microcomputer, Computer-Managed Instruction, IBM PS/1 (Intel-compatible system), Tandy 1000 RL (Microcomputer)

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A ruling on phone 'dumping': trade agency vote is A.T.&T. victory

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The International Trade Commission rules that US manufacturers of telecommunication equipment are being damaged because small-business telephone systems from Japan and Taiwan are being sold here at unfair prices. The ruling opens the way for countervailing duties to be imposed on imports. The commission acted on a complaint submitted by AT&T, which is the nation's largest manufacturer of telephone equipment in an industry with $4 billion in revenues and 75,000 small-business customers. The International Trade Commission is an independent agency that monitors adherence to US trade laws. The commission's ruling means that the Commerce Department will now direct Customs to impose duties equal to the price differential on foreign products entering the country.

Admin. of general economic programs, United States, Taiwan, Japan, Cases, Laws, regulations and rules, T, International trade, International aspects, Telecommunications equipment industry, Economic policy, Japanese foreign relations, United States foreign relations, Chinese (Taiwan) foreign relations, International competition (Economics), American Telephone and Telegraph Co., United States. Department of Commerce, Telephone systems, United States. International Trade Commission, Communications Equipment, Telephone System, Government Regulation, Japanese Competition, Tariff, Foreign Competition

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