The Telewriter

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVIII, Issue 14659, 11 April 1911, Page 2

The Telewriter

The invention of the leleweiter, an instrument which at any distance reproduces on paper one’s actual handwriting, is another illustration that truth is stranger than fiction. The telewriter is an addition to the telephone, and has this advantage over it, that whereas it requires two persons to engage in a telephonic conversation, the written message can remain on record for any length of time. The business man who wishes to communicate' with another firm having the telewriter installed attracts the latter’s attention as in the case of a telephone call, and then writes his message by means of a pencil attachment. Instantaneously a facsimile is produced on a “ receiving roll ” at the other end of the electric wire. The invention has received favourable attention at Home and will soon be heard of in Ne.v Zealand, where it is to be tried. If the trials are satisfactory it will probably be universally adopted. J