Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.46.02 - RULES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES (TRS) › Section 31.46.02.005 - DEFINITIONS

Current through August 31, 2023
The definitions in Section
				61-1302 apply to these rules. In
				addition, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
				(3-31-22)
01.
American Sign
			 Language (ASL)
. "American sign language" means a visual language based
			 on hand shape, position, movement, and orientation of the hands in relation to
			 each other and the body. See 47 C.F.R.
			 64.601(1).
			 (3-31-22)
02.
ASCII
.
			 "ASCII" is an acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interexchange,
			 which employs an eight-bit code and can operate at any standard transmission
			 baud rate including 300, 1200, 2400, and higher. (3-31-22)
03.
Baudot
. "Baudot" means a
			 seven (7) bit code, only five (5) of which are information bits. Baudot was
			 used by some text telephones to communicate with each other at a forty-five
			 point five (45.5) baud rate. (3-31-22)
04.
Communications Assistant
			 (CA)
. "Communications assistant (CA)" means a person who transliterates
			 conversation from text to voice and from voice to text between two (2) end
			 users of TRS. CAs are also known by terms such as "TRS operator" or "TDD
			 operator." (3-31-22)
05.
Hearing Carry Over (HCO)
. "Hearing carry over (HCO)" means a reduced
			 form of TRS where the person with a speech disability is able to listen to the
			 other end user and, in reply, the CA speaks the text as typed by the person
			 with the speech disability. The CA does not type any conversation.
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06.
Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS)
. "Telecommunications relay
			 services (TRS)" is defined in Section
			 61-13028, Idaho Code, and includes
			 services that enable two-way communication between an individual who uses a
			 text telephone or other non-voice terminal device and an individual who does
			 not use such a device. TRS supersedes the terms "dual party relay system,"
			 "message relay services," and "TDD relay." See Section
			 61-1302(8), Idaho
			 Code, and 47 C.F.R.
			 64.601(7).
			 (3-31-22)
07.
Text Telephone
			 (TT)
. "Text telephone (TT)" means a machine that employs graphic
			 communication in the transmission of coded signals through a wire or radio
			 communications system. TT supersedes the term "TDD" or "telecommunications
			 device for the deaf." (3-31-22)
08.
Universal Service Fund (USF)
. "Universal service fund (USF)" means
			 the fund established by the Commission pursuant to Section
			 62-610, Idaho Code, and this
			 Commission's rules codified at IDAPA 31.46.01.000, et seq. The USF has an
			 Administrator whose duties are set forth by this Commission's rules and this
			 Commission's contract with the Administrator. See IDAPA 31.46.01.102.
			 (3-31-22)
09.
Voice Carry
			 Over (VCO)
. "Voice carry over (VCO)" means a reduced form of TRS where
			 the person with the hearing disability is able to speak directly to the other
			 end-user. The CA types responses back to the person with the hearing
			 disability. The CA does not speak on behalf of the TT users.
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