Category: Wisconsin

TTY Developer Honored

Friday, May 18th, 2012
The founder of Ultratec gets an honorary doctorate today. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is honoring Robert Engelke for his work in helping develop an inexpensive TTY (Text Telephone) in 1978 from out of the basement of his Wisconsin home. His teletypewriter plugged into a regular phone line, allowing deaf people to communicate with other TTY owners. The young, hearing engineer sold it for less than $200 - way below the typical model which could run as much as $1000. No longer a luxury item that very few in the deaf community could afford, Engelke made it possible for the average person to own one. He was motivated by a deaf friend, Herb Pickell. He attended a National Association of the Deaf conference to get feedback. He continued to have people who are deaf involved in product development ever since.
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Hit & Run Fatality

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
A deaf Milwaukee woman is dead after being hit Wednesday on a street corner not far from Lake Michigan. Police say her body was found in the middle of the street and was hit by three vehicles. Police are looking for one of the drivers who left the scene. Annette Tomashaski was 58 years old. Below on DeafNewsToday.com is a video report of the accident from WITI-TV.
  
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