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LOVE MESSAGES RECORDED A Berlin post office has been provided with a grnmophone-recording cabin where letters may be "spoken" instead of written. The innovation may be extended to all Berlin post offices if successful. The standard cost is about 2s Cd for one minute, a five-inch record being provided. Both sides of the record may bo used for an extra Is 3d. For those who feel that even this will not suffice to allow them to express their feelings, a seven and nlialf inch record may be used, which gives a correspondingly greater "wordage" allowance. The charges include a reinforced envelope to carry the record and a packet of needles. "There is no need to be nervous of eavesdroppers," says a Berlin newspaper, "as each speaker is in a soundproof cabin." It emphasises the value of the process for love-letters and job applications, where "the writer's voice has so much more effect than the written word."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23139, 10 September 1938, Page 2 (Supplement)
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