Umngenisi weTTY
Ngaphambi kokuba sibe nomyalezo osheshayo, i-Skype, kunye nokuthumela i-texting, abantu abanokukhubazeka babefanele bathembele kwisixhobo esibizwa ngokuba ngumatshini wokuchwefisa, okanye i-TTY. I-TTY yaba khona ngenxa yomntu oyisithulu ogama linguRobert Weitbrecht, umvelisi wecebo.
Ubomi
U-Weitbrecht wazalwa ngowe-1920 waza wafa ngo-1983. Wazalwa isisithulu, wayenzima ukufunda ukuthetha kwaye wayetyekiswa ngenxa yokukhubazeka kwakhe.
Wakhula waba yi-astronomer, i-physicist, kunye nomqhubi womsakazo wer ham. Abantu abaninzi abazi ukuba naye wasebenza kwiprojekthi yeManhatten waza waqulunqa i-Geiger counter ukulinganisa i-radioactivity. Nangona kunjalo, kwaba ngamava akhe njengomqhubi womsakazo ohamba phambili okhokelela ekuphuhlisweni kweTTY.
I-TTY
I-Weitbrecht yavelisa umdla kwi-Morse code, njengoko yamvumela ukuba axubushe nabantu abavayo nge-odiyo. Ngowe-1950, wathola inomathotholo yomsakazo eyayingakwazi ukufumana imiyalezo. Ayinakusetyenziswa ngefowuni rhoqo. I-Weitbrecht yakwazi ukuguqula le foni yomsakazo ukuze ikwazi ukuthumela imiyalezo, nayo.
Abantu abazizithulu ababezi malunga nomsebenzi we-Weitbrecht bamcela ukuba alungiselele i-radio yocingo yocingo ukuze isetyenziswe kumgca wefowuni rhoqo. Emva kweminyaka yomsebenzi, u-Weitbrecht wagqibela ukuphumelela ngo-1964. Wakha i-coupous acoustic eyayivumela ukusebenzisa ifowuni kunye ne-TTY.
Ngomhla ka-Meyi 1964, u-Weitbrecht wenza umnxeba wokuqala wokuhamba kunye ne-TTY. Ukuhlengahlengiswa kweteknoloji kwaphumela kwi-Modem ye-Weitbrecht.
Ilifa
I-Weitbrecht Communications, umthengisi wezixhobo zokuphulaphula izibonelelo, i-TTY, kunye nezinye izixhobo ezibizwa ngokuba nguhlonipho.
Intlangano yezithulu zentengiso iTDI inika uRobert H.
I-Weitbrecht I-Award ye-Telecommunications Access Award kubantu abenza umehluko omkhulu kwimithombo yeendaba kunye nofikeleleko lwe-telecommunications.
Amaphepha
Ii-archives zeGyunivesithi zaseGallaudet ziphethe amanye amaphepha e-Weitbrecht. Enye iphepha elinjalo "Imiyalelo yokuSebenza kweeTelefinter Equipment ngaphaya kweNombolo yoNxeba." Ii-archives nazo zibambe iqhosha malunga ne-Weitbrecht kunye neefoto zokugcina.
Iimviwo malunga noRobert Weitbrecht
Ukongeza kwimithombo echazwe ngezantsi, iincwadi ezilandelayo zinamanqaku e-Weitbrecht:
- Abantu baseMelika abaziThulu abazizithulu: i-second edition nguMatthew S. Moore noRobert F. Panara. Isahluko 24 sithetha ngoRobert Weitbrecht.
- Izinto ezifunyenweyo: Iminikelo ebalulekileyo yabasetyhini kunye nabantu abaziziThulu ngo-Anita P. Davis, uKatherinerine S. Preston. Yashicilelwe ngo-1996, iphinde iphetshwe ngo-2005, eyabhalwa ngu-Anita Davis noKatherinerine Slemenda yi-Butte Publications.
Imithombo:
ULong, uHarry G. Ifowuni Yethu: Uvuko olungenangxaki oluchasene noMell Bell. I-Gallaudet University Press, 2000.
Marschark, Marc, uHarry G. Lang, noJohn Anthony Albertini. Ukufundisa Abafundi abayizithulu: Ukususela kuphando ukuya kuSebenzi. I-Oxford University Press, ngo-2006. UVan Cleve, uJohn V., ed. I-Gallaudet Encyclopedia yabantu abaziThulu kunye nabangenangxaki. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1987.