Real-time text
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Real-time text (RTT) is text transmitted instantly as it is typed or created.
Recipients can immediately read the message while it is being written, without waiting.
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Description
Real-time text is used for conversational text, in collaboration, and in live captioning.
Technologies
Technologies include:
- TDD/TTY devices for the deaf
- Live captioning for TV
- A feature enhancement in instant messaging
- Captioning for telephony/video teleconferencing
- Telecommunications relay services including ip-relay
- Transcription services including Remote CART
- TypeWell
- Collaborative text editing
- Streaming text applications
- Next-generation 9-1-1/1-1-2 emergency service.
During 2012, the Real-Time Text Taskforce (R3TF) designed a standard international symbol to represent real-time text, as well as the alternate name Fast Text to improve public education of the technology.
See also
External Links
- Real-time text @ Wikipedia
