### Question
Can you define what telephone facsimile machine means?


### Answer
**Telephone facsimile machine** is defined as the following in *47 U.S.C. § 227*:

> equipment which has the capacity (A) to transcribe text or images, or both, from paper into an electronic signal and to transmit that signal over a regular telephone line, or (B) to transcribe text or images (or both) from an electronic signal received over a regular telephone line onto paper

#### Citation:
  - *47 U.S.C. § 227*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 4-RADIO ACT OF 1927 > SUBCHAPTER II-COMMON CARRIERS**

