In TOS they had Uhura. In ENT they had Yoshi.
Why didn't they have communications officers in TNG, DS9 and VOY ?

PW wrote:

It took them 200 years to realize it didn't take a specialist to answer
the phone?

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And...the absurdity of that station was highlighted so well by Sigourney
Weaver.

Ric wrote:

'The absurdity of that station was highlighted so well by Sigourney
Weaver.'

PW wrote:

On TNG Worf was comminications officer.
After Tasha's death he also took the post of security officer. Maybe
afterwards the positions were combined officially.

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Universal translator?

David Smith wrote:

That's about right.

The crew responsibilities in TOS reflected a typical early 1960s
business office--maybe Roddenberry's own office: You had the
receptionist (Uhura) who answered the phone, you had the secretary
(Yeoman Rand) who took dictation and brought the coffee, etc.