RECORDED SPEECH

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 289, 2 September 1931, Page 6

RECORDED SPEECH

Potted Telephone Talks A device by means of which everything said by both parties concerned in a telephone conversation is recorded on a magnetic steel wire in such a manner that it can be reproduced at any subsequent time is the latest advance in communications technique announced by the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. The record so obtained can be preserved as long as may be required, but it is also possible to obliterate the message so that the wire can be used over and over again. . t By reason of the recent association with the International System of the Echophon Maschinen A.G.. of Berlin, who have been furthering the development of this device, it is now possible to place this conversation recorder at the disposal of telephone users, and thus greatly increase the usefulness of the telephone in all countries in which the International System operates telephones or provides communication equipment. One of the important applications of the conversation recorder is in connection with long-distance cable and radio telephone calls, but we can foresee many other possibilities. The telephone recorder will teach subscribers to weigh their words even if it does not give them “mike fright”!

Radio Strasbourg has been compelled ta suspend its relays of concerts broadcast from local cafes and restaurants, as the proprietors of these establishments have decided that Mich transmissions induce their customers to listen to them in their ownhomes. -