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Audio player timeline
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Phonograph
Thomas Edison is the first person to ever record and play back the human voice. -
Gramophone
In 1888 he filed and patented a talking machine which also recorded and played back sound. -
Audograph
Introduced in 1945 by the Gray Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut, the Audograph used technology similar to the Soundscriber and Dictabelt, in that the modulated grooves were embossed onto soft vinyl. -
Wire Record
they became quite popular from about 1947 to 1952 before open reel magnetic tape finally replaced them. -
Dictabelt
Manufactured by the Dictaphone Corp. ®, the "Dictaphone" trademark was originally registered by the Columbia Gramophone Company in 1907. Dictaphone was spun off into a separate company in 1923 that specialized in the sale and marketing of dictation equipment that continues a fine tradition to this day ! -
Minifon
The Minifon was released in 1951. It's main attribute was it's small portable size and claimed to fit in one's shirt pocket -
Tefifon
The first demonstration of the Tefifon technology was in 1936 at the "Radioexposition" in Berlin, Germany, the brainchild of Karl Daniel. The Tefifon was a belt recorder, somewhat similar to the Sonaband Recordall that came out much later in 1957. -
Cassette Tape
An obsolete magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Compact cassettes come in two forms, either already containing content as a pre-recorded cassette, or as fully recordable "blank" cassette.
