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computer software can produce simultaneous captions of
what is being said (e.g., in a meeting or classroom). These
running captions are often projected on a screen so that
deaf or hard-of-hearing people who do not use sign lan-
guage interpreters can follow the meeting.
Relay Interpreters—Deaf individuals who work as intermediary
interpreters to ensure optimal interpretations. See pages
168–69 for a full description.
RID—Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. A national professional
organization which publishes a monthly newsletter, holds
biennial conventions, administers a testing system, awards
certification, and promotes continuing education and pub-
lic awareness.
RID Code of Ethics—A set of tenets that certified sign language
interpreters are expected to follow (e.g., confidentiality,
not adding to or deleting information from the communi-
cation).
SEE—Signing Exact English. A system of manually coded English
devised for educational purposes in which signs that rep-
resent English words are presented in an English gram-
matical order.
State Residential School for the Deaf—In past generations, most
deaf children were educated in boarding-type schools run
by each state. These schools were cherished by Deaf people
as the place where those from hearing families met other
Deaf people, learned ASL, and were initiated into the ways
of Deaf culture. With the push for mainstreaming and cut-
ting costs, many state schools have been or are now in
danger of being closed.
TTY—Teletypewriter. A device which allows deaf people to use
the telephone. When each party has a TTY, conversations
are typed back and forth over the phone lines and are
read on small display screens, also referred to as TDDs.
Telephone Relay Service—Usually a national or statewide service
that allows deaf TTY users to call hearing non-TTY users
(and vice versa) through the assistance of specially trained
operators, who relay the calls by typing to the deaf caller
and speaking to the hearing caller (also referred to as RE-
LAY SERVICE).

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