Ed Friedman was born in Odesa, Ukraine, and graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (currently the National University of Science and Technology) with a B.S.

TeleTypesetting was one of the first companies to produce a hardware and software interface between personal computers such as the Apple II and IBM PS/2 and numerous models of phototypesetting machines such as the Compugraphic Compuwriter, and CompEdit, and Varityper EPICS, Comp/Set and Comp/Edit.

MicroSetter was compatible with numerous desktop publishing applications such as Ready, Set, Go, Page Maker, Microsoft Word, MacWrite, and MacDraw.

From the MicroSetter product line evolved the T-Script PostScript interpreter (also referred to in the industry as a Raster image processor) which converted output from popular PostScript-based WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) programs such as PageMaker, Microsoft Word, and MacWrite to non-PostScript printers which were much more economical at the time.

[citation needed] This included Digital Gourmet, a cooking book application aimed at professional chefs, built on the HyperCard programming environment.

Seeking to combine the computing power of PDAs such as Newton with the advanced capabilities of GPS technology, TeleType created an application that served as an aid to navigation for aircraft pilots.

This software gave the pilots the ability to create flight plans and avoid restricted areas, using the large touch screen Newton rather than the complicated button-oriented small-screen handheld systems offered at that time.

In 1998, TeleType Co. began marketing its GPS navigation software, targeting handheld devices running on the Windows CE operating system.

In 1999 a software product addressed to airplane pilots was launched that added specific functionalities such as runway details and radio frequencies.

TeleType continued its development efforts offering the first solution to combine land, air, and water navigation in one integrated program.

[citation needed] In 2012 TeleType developed and introduced the SmartTruckRoute app to provide navigation for commercial drivers seeking up-to-date mapping and truck-specific routing for Android and iOS smartphones.

These devices have received generally favorable reviews, being praised for their GPS reception, text-to-speech functions, and a large database of points of interest.

Developers have access to functions of the WorldNav navigation software allowing routes to be created, analyzed, and pushed directly to the device of choice.