communication device
Tool for messaging
A communication device is any tool or instrument that transmits or receives information between people or systems.
The term spans from simple technologies like telephones and two-way radios to smartphones, satellite transmitters, and internet-connected equipment.
In assistive contexts, communication devices help people with speech or language impairments express themselves: She uses an augmentative communication device to speak.
- fax machineTelephonic document sender
- intercomShort-range voice transmitter
- telegraphElectrical message system
- two-way radioDevice for mutual audio exchange
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
call · smoke signals · tablet · laptop · walkie-talkie · satellite dish · signal tower · fiber optic · baby monitor · handset · dial tone · phone call · router · carrier pigeon · tin can telephone · smartphone · cell phone · rotary phone
- disability supportwheelchair, walker, crutches, braces, hearing aid
- Special Needsspecial education, special needs, special ed, disability rights, IEP
- accessibilitywheelchair access, wheelchair sports, wheelchair ramp, adaptive skiing, accessibility features
- Disabilitiesblind, paralysis, vision loss, developmental disability, hearing impairment
- special educationspecial education, special ed, special needs, IEP, IEPs
- hunter safetyhunter orange, firearm safety, safety course, trigger discipline, blaze orange
communication devicesignal jammer
Broadcasts interference to block signals
Faraday cage · silencer · firewall · isolation chamber · gag
communication deviceisolation chamber
Sealed room eliminating sensory input
solitary confinement · sensory deprivation tank · incommunicado · dead zone · communication blackout