Forest Books: Harry G. Lang Phone Of Our Own (A)

The story of how three deaf men invented, developed and marketed the first TTY (TTD/minicom) in America. Weibrecht, invented the coupling device which translates sound into letters. When they presented their invention to the telephone company, fearful of a 'threat' to their monopoly, their reactions ranged from indifference to hostility. The book relays the problems they overcame in their struggle to bring a phone system to the deaf community in America. Hardcover 256 pages 2000