THE “DICTOGRAPH.”

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1847, 31 July 1907, Page 32

THE “DICTOGRAPH.”

An interesting American invention recently shown in England by its inventor, Mr K. M. Turner, of New. York, is described as follows by the “Morning Leader” : Mr Turner's invention is called the “Dictograph,” and may be described as a telephone unencumbered with receivers, a l ’! having the additional advantage of being usable at any distance from it" wuu.ni the; limits of an ordinary room, ITicr© is no nood fbr tho user to go and stand against it, or hold the receivers to his ear or mouth. He can talk to ' it, or hear its message, just as well from the other side of the room. The invention, which a representative saw in use in the inventor's apartments at the Savoy Hotel on June 6th, takes the form of a small box, called the “master station,'' having a wire connection with a smaller box called the ‘ substation, the latter situated in the room occupied by tlie person with whom communication is required. Any number of these sub-stations can be connected with a master station. a meichant with a sub-station in eacn of bis subordinate's offices, connected with master station on the desk of Ins own private office, has only do touch a . v. tain switch with his “ immediate conversational com.m mpa tion with any one of the offices, and he can carry on the conversation . is walking about or eatingJ installed'in The dictograph is already installedin some of the United States meDepartments, and in a, number oi rican banking establishments.