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Voice recorder facts for kids

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A voice recorder or a dictation machine is a device to record speech or other sounds, and then play it back. Starting in the early 20th century they were much used in business. Usually a typist played the recording and transcribed it. In the late 20th century dictation machines used microcassettes. Today, smartphones can do their job.

Images for kids

  • Dictaphone operator

    Transcribing dictation with a Dictaphone wax cylinder dictation machine, in the early 1920s. Note supply of extra wax cylinders on lower part of stand.

  • EdisonDictaphone

    Thomas A. Edison dictating in 1907.

  • Dictaphone cylinder machine

    Dictaphone cylinder dictation machine from early 1920s.

  • Thomas Edison National Historical Park - Edison Voicewriter Reproducer

    Edison Voicewriter from about 1950

  • Olympus Digital Voice Recorder

    Olympus digital voice recorder.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Dictáfono para niños

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