telewriter: meaning, definition, pronunciation and examples

They are conceptually similar but technically distinct. A telewriter transmits real-time pen movements to reproduce handwriting/drawings. A fax machine scans a static document as a series of dots and transmits that data to be printed. The telewriter was for 'live' writing; the fax was for sending pre-existing documents.

No, they are obsolete technology. They are not manufactured for practical use and would only be found as antiques or in technology museums. Their function has been entirely superseded by digital tools like email, scanned documents, and real-time digital whiteboards.

A telewriter (teleautograph) transmits handwriting and drawings. A teletype (teleprinter) is an electromechanical typewriter that sends and receives typed text messages, often using a coded signal like Baudot code.

Its primary use was commercial and military (for secure signature verification, sending diagrams). There were limited experiments for news services (sending weather maps) and for enabling deaf individuals to communicate over phone lines, but it was never a widespread consumer technology.

An electromechanical device for transmitting handwriting, drawings, or other marks over a distance, typically using a pen-like stylus at the sending end and reproducing the marks on paper or a screen at the receiving end.

Telewriter is usually technical, historical in register.

Telewriter: in British English it is pronounced /ˈtɛlɪˌraɪtə/, and in American English it is pronounced /ˈtɛləˌraɪt̬ɚ/. Tap the audio buttons above to hear it.